Maori, Oceanic & African Arts Tuesday, 7 December 2021 - 4:00 PM start
Tewhatewha ( Long handled fighting staff )
Realised: $4,000 plus premium
Lot Details
Tewhatewha ( Long handled fighting staff ) The slender tapering shaft with four bands of fine rauponga carving and pataki( dog tooth notching) . The back of the flanged blade unusually carved with a wheku head. The blade pieced with attached feathers, small chip to the blade rim 115cm length Y number pending Provenance: Private collection; Purchased by the current owner in Paris in 1974 in the Arts Primitifs auction at Hotel Drouot.
