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Sculpture · Paper
Art+Object · Dec 5, 2023NZ$2,706 ≈ $1,660 ≈ £1,315 ≈ €1,534Sign up free to see price
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Long handled fighting staff
NZ$3,690 price realized incl. premium
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “carved from dark brown wood with a rich patina, perforated suspension hole on inner edge of the blade. Long tapered shaft, with three grooves carved a quarter of the way up, large chip to butt end.”
- Support
- Panel
- Category
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- L. 1325 mm
- Auction house
- Art+Object
- Sale
- The Collection of John Elliot Lawford (1933 – 2020) (the-collection-of-john-elliot-lawford-1933-2020)
- Date
- December 5, 2023
- Location
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Lot
- 69
- Estimate
- —
- Source
- Auction house artandobject.co.nz ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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