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Taiaha - long staff, softly carved offering swept back forehead…
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Taiaha - long staff, softly carved offering swept back forehead with recessed paua eyes (missing). Minimal nose. Lip is notched. Tongue is tightly executed and terminates into angular tip, the strike blade is finely balanced and completed with round form tip and a rich brown patina. A definitive martial Art practice of Taiaha was paramount. Used in close quarter battle, the strike blade (ate) was fast and devastating. On the opposing end (upoko) is a double side face with all seeing eyes. An extended tongue (arero) elaborately carved is used for stabbing the opponent and deflecting blows. Th. Length 146 cm.
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Tribal: New Zealand Maori