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THB19th C. Hawaiian Walrus Ivory Pendant - Niho Palaoa
Lot 124d
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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- Lot Description
North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. 1820s to 1840s CE. A rare royal pendant called a niho palaoa that is hand-carved from walrus ivory to form its characteristically curved form. The niho palaoa was a sacred pendant that was worn by both male and female ali'i (chiefs), and some suggest that it represents a tongue with the power to speak the law. The hook-shaped pendant originally would have been suspended around the neck with thick plaits of human hair through the horizontal suspension hole near its top. Size: 2" L x 1.5" W x 2.9" H (5.1 cm x 3.8 cm x 7.4 cm); 5" H (12.7 cm) on included custom stand.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1979.206.1623; also The Bowers Museum, accession number 2018.5.1.
An example on a human hair necklace sold for GBP 56,250 ($71,621.32) at Christie's, London "The Oliver Hoare Collection" auction (sale 18768, October 25, 2019, lot 112).
Please note this item falls under the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act and is not eligible for international shipping. Native American, Alaska Native, & Native Hawaiian objects are only eligible to ship within the United States.
This is a pre-Act piece of walrus ivory under the MMPA and cannot be sold internationally or to anyone residing in the states of California, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington. We guarantee that the piece was made prior to 1972.
Provenance: private Hawaii collection, acquired 2000 to 2010
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
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#179823Light abrasions, some stable hairline fissures, and some minor darkening to surface color, otherwise intact and near choice. Wonderful preservation to form, and great surface texture throughout.Condition
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