Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Patu paraoa
Broken patu paraoa, two fragments remaining. Fragment A is a long slender portion of the blade, broken at either end. There is are two arrow shaped grooves on the surface of the patu, one pointing in either direction. The bone is worn and porous. Fragment B is the butt end of the handle, widest at the very end.
Provenance Place:
Unlocalised, New Zealand
D27.514
Details
- Provenance Place
- Unlocalised, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Unlocalised, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 200 x 58 x 30mm
- Media/Materials
- whalebone, marine mammal bone, mammal bone, bone, animal, organic
- Collection
- John White Collection
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D27.514
- On Display
- No
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