Featured Maori Patu Parāoa

Discussion in 'Tribal Art' started by Mark London, Jun 7, 2023.

  1. Mark London

    Mark London Well-Known Member

    Maori is also way outside my wheelhouse but I knew what this was when I spotted it.

    It looks to have a fair bit of age and nice patina.

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    Mark London, Jun 7, 2023
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  2. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    nice skull splitter !!!!
     
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  3. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    I sure wouldn't have guessed. The numbers are for some collection's inventory?
     
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  4. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    look like museum numbers....maybe deaccessioned
     
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  5. Mark London

    Mark London Well-Known Member

    or collectors inventory numbers...
     
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  6. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    Whalebone Maori Club (Patu)-if 18th-19th Century it's $$$.Where the hell did you find this ? Prob museum inventory number.
    PS-Pls don't say Goodwill.
     
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  7. Mark London

    Mark London Well-Known Member

    In the basement of a house in the country. Collection full of African and Pre-Columbian pieces
     
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  8. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    What the heck a Pacific Islander piece was doing in there...who knows. Hope it's NFS because whale stuff is no fun at all when it comes to resale. If you can sell it at all.
     
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