TWO MAORI QUARTER-STAFFS, taiaha, each with the finial carved as a head with projecting tongue, one with haliotis-shell-inlay eyes, the other unfinished; and a Maori staff, the finial as four linked heads with projecting tongues, the shaft carved all over with notched bands of zigzags incorporating masks

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TWO MAORI QUARTER-STAFFS, taiaha, each with the finial carved as a head with projecting tongue, one with haliotis-shell-inlay eyes, the other unfinished; and a Maori staff, the finial as four linked heads with projecting tongues, the shaft carved all over with notched bands of zigzags incorporating masks
93cm. to 1m.77cm. long (3)

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