Mangaia COOK Islands CHEIFs Antique TURRET ADZ ADZE Start Price USD 2,000.00 Current Price USD 2,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, September 03, 2008 End Time Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Location Auckland (aprox. 12,000 "clicks" from USA) See more about 'Mangaia COOK Islands CHEIFs Antique TURRET ADZ ADZE' Description This is a 19th Century Cook Islands Mangaian "Turret Adze" of castellated shape, with square base featuring their distinctive "K" style carving, rendered very finely. These ceremonial adzes where intended to mark their owner as being of CHIEFLY STATUS The turret adze was never intended to do any actual WORK, It would have been carried purely as a badge of RANK HIEGHT = 490 mm The stone adze blade has the correct sharkskin "housing" and is retained with especially fine sennit binding There are some chips to the adze blade as will be clearly seen in my many images GUARANTEED to be 100% genuine........ like ALL items I sell :-) We pack to the very HIGHEST standard and will HAPPILY combine items and save you $$$ on postage around half the planet... Any questions please E Mail Postage First Class AirMail (6-10 DAYS) USA, Canada, & ASIA ..................... $89.40 UK & EUROPE.........................$98.95 AUSTRALIA ....................................$46.90 Any other countries ? ............... ........$112.70 New Zealand customers..............NZ$25.00........ SORRY but you pay GST @12.5% on purchase price :-( Postage prices INCLUDE insurance UP TO  £90.00 - additional insurance £5.50 up to £250.00 Payment Options You can enter your credit card details in total privacy using  SSL security at our own web site. We accept the following credit cards   ·    Visa,  MasterCard,  American Express and Diners Club ·    Cash or Travellers Cheques by mail. . (We have had ZERO problems with this to date ....check our feedback!! :-) Please send by registered mail if over US$50 ·    All major Bank Drafts & Cashiers Cheques " ·     PayPal accepted ALAS....they really REAM-US with outrageous fees, AND lousy exchange rates, for us "overseas vendors".  Please FEEL FREE to use Visa or Mastercard or American Express or Diner's Club Card through our own merchant facility"!! :-) ·   Electronic Money Transfer ..... (FAST  and very safe! ...but expensive for you) SORRY We DO NOT accept Money Orders FROM U.S.P.S or CANADIAN POST or AUSTRALIAN Post Office .......These CANNOT be redeemed ANYWHERE in New Zealand No Personal Cheques from new E Bay ID's or any bidders with low (or negative) E Bay feedback. Travellers Cheques are much safer!!! (they must be signed *twice* before sending and can only be banked - not cashed - by the named recipient. Our Postal address is .... Phillip James (OWNER) James Dawson Collectables PO Box 100-129 North Shore Mail Centre Auckland 1333 New Zealand If you are posting your payment please MAKE SURE you include all delivery details and the E bay item number in your letter ... as we get a LOT of mail!! Feedback Please check our feedback if you are concerned about an  *overseas transaction*. ........ We have thousands of happy customers and look forward to you becoming another.   On receipt of payment we will leave positive feedback for you.   We try to CONFIRM receipt within 24 hours .....longer on weekends or fishing days :-) Please leave fair feedback for us, AFTER satisfactory receipt of your item. Many thanks for your interest and bids. Happy E baying!     Place a Bid!