Lot 343

A Superb and Important Maori Kumete
Y14593
Delicate shallow cupped lid with fine double rarua spirals and haehae lines throughout. Handle presents mirrored tekoteko figures connected head to head and arching forward in acrobatic stance. Body of vessel carved in full with signs of innovative / transitional style of 1880 period. The work is supported by two heavily carved highly figurative humanistic forms with full moko who gaze intensely outward. Hands are cupped firmly over ears suggesting a defiant statement. Possibly East Coast c.1880 -1900. Provenance: Private Collection, New York, USA.
L360mm H225mm W165mm.
Realised: $29,200 - June 2010

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