Maori Hand-Carved Wooden Figure

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By Aspire Auctions

Apr 4, 2025 - Apr 12, 2025

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• Lot Description
  Maori hand-carved wooden figure, featuring intricate whakairo rakau (traditional Maori wood carving) techniques. This sculpture depicts a stylized ancestral figure, incorporating bold facial moko (tattoo motifs), geometric detailing, and a pierced lower body—a common element in Maori carvings representing spiritual and cultural connections to ancestors.

  Condition

  Good. Several distress lines in wood.
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