Pacific Art from the Collection of Harry A. Franklin
Pacific Art from the Collection of Harry A. Franklin
MAORI SHORT CLUB (PATU ONEWA)
Auction Closed
May 13, 03:32 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
MAORI SHORT CLUB (PATU ONEWA)
New Zealand
Greywacke or basalt
Length: 10 in (25.4 cm)
According to Harry Franklin's notes, this patu onewa was once in the collection of Stéphen-Charles Chauvet, more commonly known as Dr Stéphen Chauvet, collector and author of L'île de Pâques et ses mystères and Les arts indigènes en Nouvelle-Guinée
. A sizeable group of objects from Chauvet's collection was acquired in 1967 by Maurice Ratton (see
Arts d'Afrique Noire, No. 63, Autumn 1987, p. 6).