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TAIAHA
Details
a maori wood long club
taiaha
The long shaft with Janus head finial, carved scrolls on protruding tongue and about the head
166cm. long
taiaha
The long shaft with Janus head finial, carved scrolls on protruding tongue and about the head
166cm. long
Provenance
Stephens Auction Rooms, bought in 1879 by
Lt.Gen. A.H.L.F. Pitt-Rivers
Lt.Gen. A.H.L.F. Pitt-Rivers
Exhibited
Ta'aroa, L'Univers polynesien, Brussels, 1982, no.30
Sale room notice
Please note that the numbers under the illustration of lots 550 and 551 have been transposed.