Tribal Art & Antiquities - 22nd September 2020
Lot 549
A Maori tewhatewha club New Zealand with a rounded blade
Estimate £1,500 - £2,500 | Hammer £1500
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Description
A Maori tewhatewha club
New Zealand
with a rounded blade, pierced for attachment, with carved linear and notch decoration and two tiki masks with haliotis eyes to the top section of the shaft, with a further janus tiki mask and a tapering terminal,
137cm long.
Provenance
Given to the present owners father in the early 1950's.