TRIBAL INTEREST - MAORI CEREMONIAL ADZE OR TOKI. Probably 19...

Hammer

£1,600

TRIBAL INTEREST - MAORI CEREMONIAL ADZE OR TOKI. Probably 19thc, with a greenstone adze blade bound with flax, the top carved with a head and the top and curved shaft heavily carved with repeating motifs. Some damages, 39cms high. *CR The greenstone has some chips to the front edges, sides and underside, the top has a crack to the wood and small chips and the remains of some resin and is chipped at the end where the greenstone sits, the top of the handle joining the top has been broken and repaired at some point, shaft in reasonable condition with one surface crack and some wear over time.