Club "patu"
New Zealand, Maori
not available anymore
Provenance
Austrian Private CollectionZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 25 May 2013, lot 45
Belgian Collection
Size
H: 29,5 cm
H: 11.6 inch
Description
blade of green nephrite stone, polished, lense-shaped in diameter, edgeless rims aside, drilled hole, 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.