ETHNOGRAPHIC ARTEFACTS & NZ HISTORICAL
Tuesday, 21 April - Monday, 4 May 2026
A Cook Island No'oanga seat,
Realised: $1,550 plus premium
Lot Details
four teardrop-shaped legs supporting an arched rectangular seat. Approximately three-quarters of the seat is split. Two later support brackets have been fitted beneath the seat, each secured with two bolts. Structural repairs evident, stabilising the form. 455 x 205 x 150mm. Provenance: Auckland private collection. Acquired from the a friend of the vendor’s grandmother who who emigrated to New Zealand in the early 1900s. Previously the property of Miss M. Hoole, who bequeathed the seat to the vendor s grandmother. Miss Hoole is also recorded as having donated items to the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Thence by family descent.
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