Maori Greenstone Amulet, New Zealand Lot 109Y Maori Greenstone
Amulet, New Zealand Sold for US$ 21,250 inc. premium Auction
Details Lot Details Property of Mark and Carolyn Blackburn being
sold to benefit the Hawai'i Wildlife Center, Kapaau, Hawaii --
Maori Greenstone Amulet, New Zealand height 3 5/8in (9.3cm) hei
tiki, exquisitely carved, most likely without the use of metal
tools, with the head uncommonly turning to the proper left, the
eyes inlaid with paua (Haliotis iris) shell, a delicately carved
heart-shaped mouth and forehead, the hands resting on the legs
with incised fingers, the suspension hole on the back worn
through.  Alfred Watson, Christchurch William Wastson, Brighton,
Victoria James Watson, Melbourne Peter Mcguigan, Melbourne Mark
and Carolyn Blackburn, Hawaii  Kaeppler, Adrienne, The Mark and
Carolyn Blackburn Collection of Polynesian Art, 2010, fig. 458
Hei tiki were highly valued personal adornments of the Maori,
often being given personal names and handed down through
generations as hei