Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 2473Location: BostonDate / Time: September 26, 2009 10:00AM
Description:
Maori Carved Wood Adze Handle, New Zealand, 19th century, with stylized Tiki figure, the curved handle with stylized finial, pierced for suspension, lg. 14 3/4 in.
Provenance: Collected by Rev. Alfred Fairbrother, Baptist minister to the Maoris, 1882-85.
Estimate $800-1,200