Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities Day One - 17th September 2025

Lot 298

A Maori hand club patu onewa

Estimate £4,000 - £6,000

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Description

A Maori hand club patu onewa
New Zealand
basalt, of spatulate form with an aperture in the handle for attachment and with a concentric ribbed terminal, with a sticker for ABBEY MUSEUM NEW BARNET,
41.3cm long.

Provenance
William Ohly (1883 - 1955) Berkeley Galleries and Abbey Museum, New Barnet, London, UK, and thence by descent.