PRIVATE SINGLE VENDOR TOY & DOLL AUCTION
Tuesday, 30 June - Monday, 13 July 2026
Two vintage Māori boy and girl dolls,
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Lot Details
the wahine(girl) doll was purchased at Rotorua 1939 and re-dressed by Minnie; the head guide at Whakarewarewa in 1960. A jointed composite doll, wearing a feather, wool and fibre cloak, flax piupiu, rope pari (bodice), headband with taniko patterns, poipoi at wrist and a moko showing wear. The boy; a plastic, jointed doll wears a fibre and feather cloak (pake), a stylized moko, and poipoi tied to his fibre piupiu. Tallest H.360mm
