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Lot 39 : Club 'patu' - Maori, Neuseeland
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Club 'patu'
Maori, Neuseeland
whalebone, of stylized flat form, habile handle, curved round contours, two drilled holes, slightly dam., rest., on base;
each individual club was weighed and balanced to suit the hand and preference of the person for whom it was being made. Such a club would have been used over many generations and passed down as an heirloom through the tribe.
H: 25,5 cm, (5246/002)
Provenance:
Denis Ghiglia, Paris, France
Lit.: Mead, Sidney Moko (ed.), Te Maori, Maori Art from New Zealand Collections, New York 1984, p. 194





