A RARE MORIORI STONE HANDCLUB, okewa, of grey schist with broad curved blade, the butt carved as a stylised bird's head (tip chipped), Chatham Islands

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A RARE MORIORI STONE HANDCLUB, okewa, of grey schist with broad curved blade, the butt carved as a stylised bird's head (tip chipped), Chatham Islands
29cm. long

Provenance

Edward Reginald Chudleigh

Lot Essay

An old label states that the club was excavated by E Reginald Chudleigh at the Moriori settlement at Wharekouiri, Chatham Island.
Skinner (1974, p.166, fig.11.112) illustrates a similar club recovered at Turanga Lake by Robert Shand

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