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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

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