A MAORI STAFF, taiaha , AND A DRAWING OF THE MAORI CHIEF "TAWAIO" The staff with a long spatulate blade at one end, the top carved on both sides with a stylized head with large eyes inlaid with haliotis disks, a long projecting tongue engraved with a series of incised notched scrolls; the drawing is inscribed with TAWHAIO G Robley 1896 , the staff: 60¾in. (154.3cm.) long (2)
A MAORI STAFF, taiaha , AND A DRAWING OF THE MAORI CHIEF "TAWAIO" The staff with a long spatulate blade at one end, the top carved on both sides with a stylized head with large eyes inlaid with haliotis disks, a long projecting tongue engraved with a series of incised notched scrolls; the drawing is inscribed with TAWHAIO G Robley 1896 , the staff: 60¾in. (154.3cm.) long (2)
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