19th Century Carved Wahaika with Wheku Heads

A good 19th century wahaika, the blade carved with deep linear…
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A good 19th century wahaika, the blade carved with deep linear and haehae carving. The incurve carved with a Wheku head carved in relief with protruding tongue, the handle pierced for wrist suspension and terminating in a further wheku head. Length 35 cm Y number pending

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