Maori Short Club, New Zealand

Maori Short Club
New Zealand
kotiate paraoa

Length: 12 ½ in (31.8 cm)
Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) bone

Condition Report:
Very good condition overall. Minor marks, nicks, chips, scratches, abrasions. Some pitting inherent to the material. A few stable age cracks. One side of the handle inscribed in red ink with an inventory number from the Museum of Primitive Art, New York: "56.106"

Provenance:
Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, acquired by 1961
The Museum of Primitive Art, New York
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, Duplicates from the Collection of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller and the Museum of Primitive Art, May 4, 1967, lot 52
Ben Heller, New York, acquired by 1982
Sotheby's, New York, The Ben Heller Collection, December 1, 1983, lot 13
Frieda and Milton Rosenthal, Harrison, New York, acquired at the above auction
Arte Primitivo, New York, December 1, 2008, lot 90, consigned by the estate of the above
Rainer Werner Bock, Maui
Abraham Rosman and Paula Rubel, New York, acquired from the above on May 4, 2016