A FINE MAORI CLUB, tewhatewha, of hatchet shape, the shaft of broad flattened form with two carved bands of scrolling ornament towards the tapered tip, fine dark glossy patina, minor chips

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A FINE MAORI CLUB, tewhatewha, of hatchet shape, the shaft of broad flattened form with two carved bands of scrolling ornament towards the tapered tip, fine dark glossy patina, minor chips
1m.36cm. long

拍品專文

This fine club has been in the vendor's family for more than 150 years and may have been collected by the vendor's great great great aunt who is known to have travelled to New Zealand and according to family legend was married to a sea captain