Hei Tiki en jade Lot n° 51

Hei Tiki in jade mounted on a marine ivory ankle. Very beautiful realization of a Maori artist from the south of the island of new Zealand for the hei tiki. The work on the anchor was certainly done by a sailor at the beginning of the 20th century on boats sailing in the Pacific islands. According to the penultimate collector owner of this pendant (an articulated ring allows the passage of a chain or lace) was given to him by his grandfather who would have obtained it from a sailor who was on the Korrigane.whatever the patina of the anchor is old. This jewel is rare and exceptional. The tiki represents the ancestors. This jewel has a mana of luck. The mouth is the symbol of communication, the head of thought, the heart of love and fertility and the hands of power and strength. Length of the anchor: 10 cm width of the anchor: 4.5 cm thickness of the anchor: 0.5 cm Length of the hei tiki: 10 cm width of the hei tiki: 4.5 cm thickness of the hei tiki: 0.5 cm total weight: 22 grams. Provenance: private collection south of France, private collection Paris region.