Maori artefacts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars will go to auction this month in New York
Maori artefacts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars will go to auction this month in New York
13 May 2018
The torso of what's believed to be the remains of a palisade post at a North Island pa is worth upwards of 300-thousand dollars.
It'll be sold by major auction house Sotherby's.
It was displayed in Nazi-held Vienna duing World War Two.
It headlines the sale's Maori collection which includes two tikis, a long waihaka, or club, and a two faced carving... all worth tens of thousands of dollars.
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