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Lot 291

Ceremonial Adze, Mangaia Island, Cook Islands

11 November 2019, 15:00 EST
New York

Sold for US$6,950 inc. premium

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Ceremonial Adze, Mangaia Island, Cook Islands

toki
height 21in (53.5cm)

Provenance
Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California

In hard wood with finely incised decoration throughout, the upper shaft in rounded, hexagonal form above a square base, slightly flaring out and with each side pierced with ten squared holes and hollowed out at the base; fine, slightly weathered dark-brown patina.

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