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
