Details
A MAORI CHIEF'S STAFF
The shaft of square section, on the lower end a seated human figure with large open mouth, smaller head at mid section, above a rectangular projection, curved from at the top, carved throughout with incised chevrons, dark brown patina, inlays of nephrite and red sealing wax, 47 5/8in. (121cm.) long
The shaft of square section, on the lower end a seated human figure with large open mouth, smaller head at mid section, above a rectangular projection, curved from at the top, carved throughout with incised chevrons, dark brown patina, inlays of nephrite and red sealing wax, 47 5/8in. (121cm.) long
Provenance
Collected by Rev. Gervase Smith (1821-1882) either before 1860 or in 1877 when he went to Fiji and New Zealand.