Pouwhenua - Maori Pointed Fighting Staff

Maori Fighting Staff, Taiaha, New Zealand, 19th century, the long shaft with Janus-head finial, the stylized protruding tongue with finely carved scroll design, below a fabric-wrapped cone, (the head

A Maori taiaha staff, A Maori taiaha staff, 19th century, New Zealand, having a stylised tiki head with mother-of-pearl eyes, over a plain shaft and spatulate terminal, 170cm long

A 19TH CENTURY NEW ZEALAND MĀORI HARDWOOD FIGHTING CLUB the deep shaped rounded head with an indented carved collar and plain handle (36cm overall)

A Maori, New Zealand, fighting stick used at close quarters, aka taiaha or te-aha, this an old 19th Century example, small, with the incised carving less exacting than later examples, having old colon

Maori Taiaha Quarter Staff Weapon 64.5''x2.5''. A carved hardwood spear or staff with feather and one decorated end. Abalone inlaid eyes. Overall excellent condition. Early to mid 20th century, Polyne

Pair of hand held fighting spikes. Pointed and barbed with fiber spikes. An unusual South Seas weapon. Shipping dimensions 11" L x 1 1/2" H x 6" W.

Oceania, New Zealand, Maori people, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand carved wooden tokotokoe with beautiful carvings across the surface and an inlay of nacre shells in the finial and just abo

American, late-19th Century. Stave-constructed wood with metal straps. The staves painted with red five-pointed stars on white ground with blue straps. Wire and wood bail handle with diamond escutcheo

wood, shell inlay, A "patu wahaika" is a type of traditional Maori hand weapon used for thrusting and striking in close-quarter, hand-to-hand fighting and an important status symbol of high-ranking me

the carved staff with figural head 38" long

Maori Tewhatewhat Hardwood War Club or Axe 48''x6.5''. Carved wood club with incised decorated on top and in middle of staff. Overall excellent condition. Early to mid 20th century, Polynesian.

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Wari (Huari) culture, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. An intriguing staff or finial carved from a slender piece of wood. The rod is a cylindrical with a pointed tip like a stake

A close-quarters staff weapon, approximately 27.5" long. This, and many lots forthcoming are from the estate of a true antiquity connoisseur in every sense of the word. This antiquarian truly enjoyed

18th C. French Sword Fighting Prints, 1740. Two matted engravings from P.J. F. Girard's "Treatise on Arms, teaching how to fight with the pointed sword alone" (The Hague, 1740), plates #99 (Defending

Fighting the Flying Circus by Capt. Edward V. Rickenbacker, My Life East and West by William S. Hart, We Pointed Them North by E.C. "Teddy Blue" Abbott and Helena Huntington Smith, Revolutionary Days

Two bulls in fighting stance facing each other. Made out of horn or resin. Appears hand carved. Very pointed features for ears and hooves. Delicate tails. Measures 9 x 2 in. App 3.5 in ht. Carved Horn

Ca. 200-300 AD An iron sword with a pointed, elongated triangular blade, rectangular guard, tapering handle, and a ring pommel. The army of ancient Rome (800 BC-AD 476) was a formidable fighting power

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Inca, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. The square, four-pointed mace head is probably made of basalt and is undecorated, indicating that it may have been used in actual fighting situations. T

Stab, "kibango" Luba, DR Kongo Ohne Sockel / without base Holz. H 178 cm. Provenienz: - Musée missionnaire des Orphelins, Auteuil. - Abbaye Blanche, Mortain. - Galerie Künzi, Gottfried Künzi (1920-

New Zealand, 18th Century Wood and Haliotis shell 25,4 cm Provenance: John J. Klejman collection, New York George and Rosemary Lois collection, New York Sotheby's, New York, African, Oceanic and Pre-C

Title: Rolex 1675 GMT Master Gilt Gloss Dial Pointed Crown Guard Full Set Box Papers Tags Description:Rolex 1675 GMT Master Gilt Gloss Dial Pointed Crown Guard Full Set Box Papers Tags. Hess Full Kit

Marquesas Islands carved wooden Chief's Staff, approx. 58" tall, Acquired by consigner in 1970

Benin Edo People, bronze ceremonial staff, 19th c. Nigeria, in two pieces, naturally dark and verdigris patinated cast bronze, in a stacked totemic form, the round standard surmounted by a long beaked

Angola Wood and brass tacks 62 cm (figure: 14 cm) Provenance: Rui Castro collection, Lisbon