Sales catalogue: Glendining

Date:: 1-2 October 1934

Reference:: WA/HMM/CM/Sal/8/199

Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Glendining. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Lot 312 A chief’s club finely carved with masks, inlaid haliotis shell, an unusually large hani with masks, inlaid haliotis shell, length 6ft. 8ins., a similar one, but smaller, and a chief’s finely carved mere of dark brown wood, with figure of chief on back, and mask, handle inlaid haliotis shell, New Zealand G13} } LA fern root beater, a working axe with stone head, a carved figure in stone representing the God of Propagation, another of carved wood. These idols were placed on potato and other patches for the propagation of crops, and to warn off trespassers, New Zealand 314 A stone meré, from New Zealand, and another finely carved in heavy brown wood, both 15ins. long 315 Three paddles, one New Guinea, one from Marshall Islands, and one from Samoa, a paddle-shaped club from Fiji, and a wooden hatchet club from New Zealand $16, Two circular carved wood chief’s stools, one re- presenting human figures, and the other leopards, Benin City 317 Avery rare pair of carved whale tooth and univalve shell ear ornaments, from the Marquesas Islands 318 A patu-patu, with carved mask inlaid haliotis shell, two well carved hani, and three jade ear orna- ments, all from New Zealand, and four golden clam shells formed as clappers, Polynesia 319 A greenstone curved EEL CHARM, and a neck pendant found in excavations at Otaga Peninsula; a greenstone axe-head found in excavations at Kaikai Beach, North of Port Chambers, and a chief’s PLACENTA GOURD, all very old, New Zealand 320 An 18th century cravat press 321. An old Chinese printing set, type carved out of pieces of ivory

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