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PATU POUNAMOU
Details
A Maori jade hand club
patu pounamou
The spatulate blade of mottled green stone with reddish tip, grooved and pierced butt
32.5cm. long
patu pounamou
The spatulate blade of mottled green stone with reddish tip, grooved and pierced butt
32.5cm. long
Provenance
Hugh Frederic Snowden. The club was reputedly presented to him by a grateful chief after Snowden rescued him from drowning in a river near Dargaville, North Island
Exhibited
Ta'aroa, L'Univers polynesien, Brussels, 1982, no.21