Chief's staff "taiaha" · New Zealand, Maori · ID: 3046605
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Provenance
Thomas Albertini, Bayeux, FranceSize
L: 129 cm
L: 50.8 inch
Description
wood,
The tongue of the Janus-faced tip is decorated with particularly fine engravings. The eyes are provided with shell inlay.
The object Chief’s staff “taiaha” with the object ID 3046605 was last part of the auction 94th Tribal Art Auction at March 7, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 130.
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