Treasure Box, waka huia

Maori
Treasure Box, waka huia
New Zealand
18-19th century
Wood, Haliotis shell
Dimensions: 5 3/4 H x 9 3/8 W x 24 7 /8 in L in (14.6 x 23.8 x 63.2 cm)

Provenance
Ex Harry Beasley (1881-1939), Cranmore Museum, Chislehurst
The British Rail Pension Fund
Ex collection Jay C. Leff, Uniontown, PA
Sotheby’s Parke Bernet, New York, 10 October 1975, lot 35
Sotheby’s London, 11 July 1988, lot 9
Sotheby’s London, 17 June 1991, lot 67
Ex Wayne Heathcote

Exhibited
Faces and Figures. Pacific Art from the Collection of Jay C. Leff. American Museum of Natural History,
New York. January-May 1965
Exotic Art from Ancient and Primitive Civilizations.
Collection of Jay C. Leff. Department of Fine Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh. 15 October 1959 – 3 January 960

Published
The American Museum of Natural History. Faces and Figures: Pacific Island Art from the Collection
of Jay C. Leff. New York, 1967. Cat. 7
Mack, Charles. Polynesian Art at Auction 1965-1980. Northboro, MA: Mack-Nasser Publishing. 1982,
p. 143, pl. 57, fig. 2
JAMES

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