400130 Taiaha, long staffs, l, c: 18th century, r: early 19th century (wood, paua shell) by New Zealand School; lengths l-r: 205, 200.5, 211 cm; Mark and Carolyn Blackburn Collection of Polynesian Art; (add.info.: the taiaha is a two-handed club or quarterstaff which was a lethal weapon as well as a chief\'s staff of office; l: unusual addition of inlais circlets of paua shell on outstretched tongue; r: carving suggests it was made for the Tuhoe in the first quarter of the 19th century; see also 400129; ); New Zealander, out of copyright.