A FINE MARQUESAS ISLANDS CEREMONIAL STAFF, toko toko pio'o, of toa wood, the slightly flared shaft with curled human hair pompom finial secured with finely woven coir with design of lozenges and small squares in dark hair, dark glossy patina

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A FINE MARQUESAS ISLANDS CEREMONIAL STAFF, toko toko pio'o, of toa wood, the slightly flared shaft with curled human hair pompom finial secured with finely woven coir with design of lozenges and small squares in dark hair, dark glossy patina
1m.45cm. long

Provenance

James T Hooper, no. 433, acquired London 1938

Literature

Phelps, 1976, p.105, Pl.54

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