Lot 43: A Fine Maori Rotorua house board

A Fine Maori Rotorua house board, Maori; New Zealand

The board powerfully and beautifully carved in high relief with a figure with classical Maori face with large eyes and projecting tongue, with fish-like body; the whole covered with scale-patterns and Maori spiraling design motifs, the background with curvilinear patterns. Exceptional and powerful carving. H. 45"

Comments:
Property of an East Coast private collection

Provenance:
S. Barton Babbage, Wellington, New Zealand

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

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