- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden staff with decorative carvings on the shaft. [FB 2/11/2017]
- Cultural groups
- Māori
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1884
- Date collected
- By 1884
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884 Found unentered: 21/08/2018
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 19 mm, Width: max 19 mm, Length: max 900 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.140.1887
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