Zemanek-Münster

Club "patu" ·  Nouvelle-Zélande, Maori · ID: 3036672

Vendu 2 800 €

Description

greenish grey nephrite stone, polished, barrel-shaped blade, lense-shaped, blunt rims, hole for wristcord, min. dam., small missing part;
as a weapon a “patu” was used like a short sword. It was often a treasured heirloom passed down from father to son and given a personal name. A nephrite one was, and still is, a symbol of chieftainship.


Littérature comparée

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


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