Lot 44
MAORI HEI-TIKI PENDANT
NEW ZEALAND, 19TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
Auction: 28 May 2026 from 13:00 BST
Description
carved pounamu, depicted with an open mouth displaying a forked tongue, the right hand resting on the chest and the left held to the thigh, a concave suspension hole running from the top of the head to the reverse
Dimensions
8.5cm tall
Provenance
Private collection, United Kingdom. Originally acquired by the previous owner’s father in the 1930s–1940s; subsequently purchased on the UK art market.
Lyon and Turnbull, London, Form Through Time, 30th July 2025, lot 92, sold for £4,788