Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

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Property from an American Private Collection

Maori Pendant, New Zealand

Lot Closed

November 22, 08:23 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an American Private Collection

Maori Pendant, New Zealand


The reverse with a paper label bearing a typewritten inscription: “Maori ‘tiki’, N. Z. [/] E. R. Lindsay.”, the label faintly inscribed in pencil: “1908”

Height: 6 in (15.2 cm)

Rev. Hon. Edward Reginald Lindsay (1876–1951), London, acquired by 1908
Bonhams, London, June 17, 1991, lot 162
Wayne Heathcote, London, acquired at the above auction
American Private Collection, acquired from the above in 1993
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, August 1, 2007 – August 1, 2017 (long term loan, inv. no. L.2007.61.9)