Club "patu" ·  New Zealand, Maori · ID: 3034788

Description

barrel-shaped blade of green nephrite stone, polished, lense-shaped in diameter, edgeless rims aside, circular drilling, min. dam.;
such clubs were considered the most prestigious of chiefly weapons. They were used like a sword with the main attacking stroke being a thrust with the tip after a series of parries and counterparries.

The object Club “patu” with the object ID 3034788 was part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction on May 25, 2013. The object with the lot number 45 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,800 with an asking price of EUR 2,000.

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Comparing literature

Mead, Sidney Moko (ed.), Te Maori, New York 1984, p. 225, ill. 149