Description
A 19th century Maori club inscribed club, with bands of geometric carved decoration the tip carved a lion mask, the inscription reads: 'A MIGHTY CHIEF FIRST CUT ME FROM THE TREE AND THUS REDUCED ME TO THE STATE YOU SEE, A WARRIORS ARM SUSTAINED ME IN THE FIELD AND WITH MY HELP HE MADE MANY TO YIELD, COMMITED BY FATE TO CROSS THE BRINY WAVE FOR I WAS BOUGHT BY A SAILOR STOUT AND BRAVE TO OTAHEITE'S ISLE I BID ADIEU, AND THEM FERTILE PLAINS WHERE FIRST I GREW THE SHIP I SAIL'D IN FROM THAT ISLE OF FAME, ST SINGAPATAM WAS THE FRIGATES NAME, WALDEGRAVE CAPTN APRIL 29 WE LEFT THE BAY IN THE YEAR 1830 WE SAILED AWAY', 43.75in (111cm) l.
