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A Very Rare Long Maori Paddle Hoe.
Superb colour and patina.
Wood.
Maori / New Zealand.
Late 18th / early 19th Century.
Provenance:
W.D. Webster, Bicester, no. 1307.
Lt. Gen. A.H.L.F. Pitt-Rivers, acquired from the above 1897.
Sotheby’s, London, 27th February 1978, lot 53.
Ex Peter Adler, London.
Ex Private collection.
Literature:
Pitt Rivers Ledger, add. 9455, vol. 8, pp. 2248.
See: watercolour reproduced by kind permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library, add. 9455 vol. 8, pg. 2248.
A fine and very long paddle, probably made for an important ‘war’ canoe. With a carved protective ‘ancestor’ stylised ‘tiki’ figure to the butt. On the blade we can see Webster’s collection number: ‘1307’; and to the reverse ‘impressed’ initials formed from a ‘branding iron’ or ‘stamp’ with the initials of the new owner or sailor who would have deposited the paddle in the ship’s ‘hold’ during the long voyage back to the Europe.
Dimensions
Size: 217cm long - 85½ ins longThe BADA Standard
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