Rennell Island Mace Head
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A ceremonial Mace head, Rennell Island, 19th century. Laboriously carved from a single bruised piece of stone. The blade is sickle shaped with small lossess suggesting use. The two sides of the blade each feature a medial ridge running down its length with raised lines flanding the ridge. Length 30.5 cm, width 17 cm, depth 2.2 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Aotearoa. Previously of a private collection Honiara, Solomon Islands
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