wahaika (whalebone club) - Maori artefacts

A tourist Art wood carved Wahaika. Length 40 cm

Early 19th century Maori wooden short club (Wahaika). Carved human figure (marakihau) on incurve and a carved head to butt. Knots in pohutukawa wood and wood is a bit stressed. Sometime in 19th century a steel-bit hole has been drilled. Length 35 cm

Wahaika - wooden short hand club, of large proportions with carved figure to incurve, with hands resting on the torso, the handle has a suspension hole for attachment. Variated mid-brown patina. Early 20th century length 38 cm. Width 16.5 cm

Superb Wahaika - wooden short hand club, all-over deep relief, offering curved triple ridge h'h' and dog-tooth notching extending into fish-scale h'h' form; five circles to either side framed with dog-tooth and triple h'h'.…

Late pre-European 18th century Maori wooden short club (Wahaika). Carved human figure (Marakihau) on incurve and a carved head to the butt. Round suspension hole, excellent patina to handle. Length 42 cm

Dark stained wood wahaika decorated all over with an amalgam of surface carving including kowhaiwhai and rauponga, the forward projecting figure to the blade edge based on a tau-ihu (canoe prow),…

19th century Whalebone club (Wahaika) in good overall condition. Length 33. No Y number required

18th century Maori wooden club (Wahaika), good quality, heavy weight, figure on the side has paua eyes. Slight very old chip in the blade. Overall worn condition in keeping with its age. Length 36 cm

A 20th century ornate wood carved Wahaika (hand club) Rotorua, the blade all-over carved combining the rauponga and whakarare style and dark stained as is the backbone of the mania figure to the inturn, and the butt knob carved with a manaia's head,…

A wood carved Wahaika, contemporary decorated with a carved manaia figure, the butt end with a human face. Length 41.2 cm.

Large wooden late 19th century Wahaika, carved with parallel and horizontal lines, a carved face at the bottom, end and midsection, and set with paua shell eyes

Carved wooden Wahaika with an attached Wellington Maori Mission 'Special Offertory' envelope, a carved face to the butt end, a carved figure at the mid section, paua shell eyes, spiral carvings over the remainder of the piece,…

Small Maori folk art wooden wahaika with a hand painted Maori chief

19th century Maori whalebone club (Kotiate)