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| Maori peoples, New Zealand Early - Mid 19th Century Wood Length: 104 cm. Note: Repaired crack to blade. This long club was designed for sparring and lightning strokes and thrusts. The blows were not struck with the blade like an axe, but rather with the thicker, straight front edge. It was common for tewhatewha to be decorated with a bunch of split pigeon or hawk feathers which hang from a drilled hole near the lower edge of the extension. The small size of this example indicates it was most likely made for an adolescent boy. | |||||||||||
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