A LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY MAORI HARDWOOD TAIAHA FIGHTING STAFF, NEW ZEALAND

A LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY MAORI HARDWOOD TAIAHA FIGHTING STAFF, NEW ZEALAND quarter-staff, with a carved Janus head and tongue finial with angled eyes and scroll and notched decoration, on the tapering shaft with flattened end, 144cm long
Auction Comparable: See Woolley & Wallis, Tribal Art, 19th June 2014, Lot 1645, a slightly larger Taiaha with very similar decoration, Sold for £1,600
Sold for £1,000
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