£3,750
African & Oceanic Art, Antiquities and Natural History | 639
Auction: 5 May 2021 at 12:00 BST
carved nephrite and pāua shell, the ornament with carved features, the head angled and arms shown held to the legs, eye inlaid with shell, the reverse with an old label reading "Artefact from New Zealand Maori .1801.43"
Provenance:
Private collection, Scotland, the old label on the reverse is suggestive of an early 19th century collection date