Taiaha (Long Fighting Staff)
Unidentified Māori maker
Traditional
Wood and shell
Overall: 65 1/4 × 2 1/16 × 7/8 in. (165.7 × 5.2 × 2.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired by exchange from the Wesleyan University Museum, Middletown, Connecticut
55.34.13315
Geography
Place Made: New Zealand, Polynesia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Armament
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Provenance
Wesleyan University Museum, Middletown, Connecticut; by exchange (#102) to present collection, 1955.
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