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THB20th C. Maori Wood Wahaika Kotiate w/ Inlay - Ropata
Lot 151c
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Artemis Fine Arts
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Louisville, CO 80027
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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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New Zealand, Maori, ca. last quarter 20th century CE. Signed Ropata on the handle beneath the finial. Finely carved from a beautiful grained hardwood, then smoothed and polished, a Wahaika (Meremere) or short combat weapon with a carved zoomorphic figure on the body and bird head at the terminal of the handle - both animals are skillfully delineated and possess inlaid paua shell eyes on both sides. These creatures were intended to protect the warrior if he should be attached from behind. A special example, presenting nice knapped marks from the hand-carving, beautiful iridescent paua shell inlays, and a nice braided raffia suspension loop threaded through the handle. Size: 17.375" H (44.1 cm); 17.625" H (44.8 cm) on included custom stand.
The Ropata inscription may refer to Ropata of Ngati-Porou. According to Elsdon Besto f Tuhoe-land's "Notes on the Art of War, as conducted by the Maori of New Zealand …" , "The famous Ropata of Ngati-Porou was but a sub-chief, yet he achieved great fame by his skill in fighting. It was he who caused the turbulent Urewera and the savage Ngati-Huri, ever bitterly hostile to the pakeha (Europeans), to hide in caves and remote gullies of their rugged country." - http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document//Volume_11_1902/Volume_11%2C_No._4/Notes_on_the_art_of_war_as_conducted_by_the_Maori_of_New_Zealand%2C_with_accounts_of_various_customs%2C_rites%2C_superstitions..._by_Elsdon_Best%2C_p_219-246/p1
Provenance: private Southern California, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s to mid-1980s
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#141021Intact and excellent. Nicely preserved hand-carved details and paua shell inlays.Condition
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