Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Day 1 - Tribal Art the Americas, Indonesia & Oceania - 18th September 2019

Lot 1557

A Maori taiaha staff New Zealand with a carved Janus head and tongue finial with haliotis eyes...

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1200

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Description

A Maori taiaha staff

New Zealand

with a carved Janus head and tongue finial with haliotis eyes and scroll and notched decoration, the elliptical shaft with two linear and notched bands with a spatulate end,

184.5cm long.

Provenance

Woolley and Wallis, Tribal Art, 19th June 2014, lot 1645.