Subject: ariki / rangatira warrior chief
Culture: Maori
Setting: Musket Wars, Aotearoa / North Island 1807-1830
Object: taiaha long club / sword
* Hunterian Museum
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National Museum of Ireland -- Decorative Arts and History > Soldiers and Chiefs: The Irish at War at Home and Abroad since 1550 *
"Maori staff Though such staffs were occasionally used as weapons,
the elaborate decoration on this one suggests its primary role as a ceremonial object.
This one was brought back from New Zealand after the Maori Wars (1860-66) by an Irish officer of the 57th (Middlesex) Regiment.
Maori Ceremonial Staff (haui or taiho)" ...
* Gladsheim Armoury
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Hollow Earth Swordworks *
