Authentic Vintage Maori War Canoe Large Linen Tapestry & Napkins New Zealand LOT

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Authentic Vintage Maori War Canoe Large Linen Tapestry & Napkins New Zealand LOT:
$26.25

Authentic Vintage Maori War Canoe + Large Linen Tapestry & Napkins New Zealand LOT.
In original box, nice vintage examples of popular culture at the time.
The canoe is just a touch under a foot long.
USED - in name only. Box shows long-term storage wear, but not a lot. Canoe, Linen Tapestry and napkins are all unused. Nice clean well cared-for vintage lot. Linen tapestry is large, very clean.Thank you Wikipedia for this:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Waka taua (war canoes) at the Bay of Islands, 1827–8.

Waka (/ˈwɒkə/; Māori:[ˈwaka]) are Māori watercraft, usually canoes ranging in size from small, unornamented canoes (waka tīwai) used for fishing and river travel, to large decorated war canoes (waka taua) up to 40 metres (130ft) long.

The earliest archaeological find of a canoe in New Zealand was reported in 2014. It was found near the Anaweka estuary in a remote part of Tasman and carbon dated to about 1400. The canoe was constructed in New Zealand, but was a sophisticated canoe, compatible with the style of other Polynesian voyaging canoes at that time.

Since the 1970s about eight large double-hulled canoes of about 20 meters have been constructed for oceanic voyaging to other parts of the Pacific but they are made of a blend of modern and traditional materials incorporating features from both ancient Melanesia as well as Polynesia.