Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Beater, Paoi
Complete wooden patu aruhe (beater for preparing fern root). Spatula shaped blade with parallel sides and a lenticular cross-section. The distal end is rounded. There is a distinct shoulder between the upper blade and the handle. The handle is circular in cross-section with knob on proximal end. There is a build-up of dirt on both sides of the blades. There are several hair cracks on surface.
Provenance Place:
Monk's Cave, Sumner, Christchurch, Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand
D29.685
Details
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 392 x 74 x 42mm
- Credit Line
- Mrs Jellett
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D29.685
- On Display
- No
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