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Oceanic Art- An Ancient Maori green stone Toki Adze, New Zealand, with shaped and polished surfaces, bearing paper label inscribed 'Maori Adze. N.Z. a.n.s W.F.S. 1878', 11.5cm x 6.7cm. Provenance: James Ewing Somerville's father, Rev. Alexander Neil Somerville (1813-1889) travelled to Australia and New Zealand in 1877/ 1878 with his son William Francis Somerville. They stayed with the son of Captain William Cargill (1784-1860) who sailed from London to become one of the first settlers in New Zealand. They landed in Otago which was renamed Dunedin by the new settlers. There is a Somerville Street in Dunedin, New Zealand, named after Rev. Alexander Neil Somerville.