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| Auction Closes At: |
14:32:00 07/15/2025 |
| Time Remaining: |
Closed |
| Lot# & Name: |
364. Important Maori Jumping Jack Puppet / Kare Tao |
| Estimate: |
$40,000-$60,000 |
| Current High Bid: |
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| Auction Closed |
Pending |
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| Category: |
Ethnographic and Tribal Art
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| Sub Category: |
Oceania (South Seas and New Guinea)
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| Culture or Country: |
Karetao culture, Polynesia, South Seas.
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| Period: |
Ca. mid 19th century (1850’s- 1860’s)
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| Size: |
20”H. x 3-1/2”W. |
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| Description: |
Carved hardwood jumping jack with incised facial tattoos. Men were tattooed both on the face and on the body; women not often and only sparsely on the body, and, on the face, usually only about the mouth and chin. “When the daughter of an important chief had her lips and chin tattooed, a day was set apart on which the tribe would assemble to view the work of the artist. A party would be sent forth some time before to secure a member of another tribe for sacrifice and to give strength to the tribe by eating’ .” (Elsdon Best, Trans. N. Z. Inst., xxx, 1897, p. 38.) Intact. Excellent condition. |
| Provenance: |
Private Florida collection. Ex. Collection of Mark Blackburn, world’s authority on Maori Art. “Polynesia, The Mark and Carolyn Blackburn Collection of Polynesian Art”, Adrienne L. Kaeppler, The University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 2010. Cf. for similar examples see p. 336, fig. 443 & 444.
Ex. Upstate NY. collection. |
| Shipping Fee: |
| National: |
$65.00 |
| International: |
$135.00 (This is approximate and for Postal Service. Prices may vary, especially for private carriers such as: FEDEX, UPS and BAX).
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Important Maori Jumping Jack Puppet / Kare Tao
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