A Polynesian Black-Basalt Poi Pounder
Sale 1246 - Pre-Columbian & Ethnographic Art
Oct 12, 2023
10:00AM CT
Online / Chicago
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Estimate
$1,200 -
1,800
Price Realized
$9,450
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Lot Description
A Polynesian Black-Basalt Poi Pounder
Maupiti-type, Circa 18th Century
Height 6 inches (15.3 cm).
Property from the Estate of Alexander Brody, Honolulu, Hawaii
Provenance:
Acquired from Anthony JP Meyer Oceanic Art, Paris, France, 19 June 1987.
[accompanied with an invoice]
Exhibited:
Mythos Tahiti, Sudsee-Traum und Realitat. Linden-Museums Staatliches Museum fur Volkerkunde, Stuttgart, 2 September-1 November 1987.
Published:
Mythos Tahiti, Sudsee-Traum und Realitat. Linden-Museums Staatliches Museum fur Volkerkunde, Stuttgart, 1987, p. 74 (illustrated).
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