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Mahi Kōhatu - Worked stone
Estimate:
$2,000 - $3,000
Sold
$1,000
Timed Auction
191 The Collection of John Elliot Lawford | Part 2: Online Auction (lot 95-432)
Category
Description
Mahi Kōhatu
Worked stone
a carved stone of slightly flattened spherical shape, with parallel notched ridges around the circumference with circular notched ridges on each side. There is a drilled hour glass suspension hole at the top of the shape, a separate greenstone pendant has been has been tied to the main stone through this hole. The hole is flanked by two protrusions carved with two faces, the whole has a flattened base and can stand on this surface, the shape has a resemblance to a carved stone fishing weight.
Y22389
L. 120 mm [approx.]
Provenance: Chapman Collection; Estate of John Lawford.
Worked stone
a carved stone of slightly flattened spherical shape, with parallel notched ridges around the circumference with circular notched ridges on each side. There is a drilled hour glass suspension hole at the top of the shape, a separate greenstone pendant has been has been tied to the main stone through this hole. The hole is flanked by two protrusions carved with two faces, the whole has a flattened base and can stand on this surface, the shape has a resemblance to a carved stone fishing weight.
Y22389
L. 120 mm [approx.]
Provenance: Chapman Collection; Estate of John Lawford.
