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A Maori Whalebone Club (Patau)19th Century
24 May 2023, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge£2,000 - £3,000
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A Maori Whalebone Club (Patau)
19th Century
19th Century
Of characteristic paddle-shaped form, tapering grip with circular piercing for a later leather thong, and pommel cut with six graduated ridges (old damage)
37.8 cm.
37.8 cm.
Footnotes
An old fabric label attached to the club reads 'Whalebone Mere Mere - Supposed to have been used during Maori War near Napier, New Zealand'
Cf. a related example in the Mark and Peter Dineley Collections, sold in these Rooms 27 November 2019, lot 401








