Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Kotiate paraoa
Whalebone kotiate/club. Fairly short handle and kotiate has good balance. Proximal end of handle has manaia head design turned sideways. Red sealing wax - eyes are a browny/orange colour. Just below the eye is a fairly straight drilled hole with white string tied through it. One small rounded hole on each side of lobe which are not cut out.
Provenance Place:
Unlocalised, New Zealand
D35.504
Details
- Provenance Place
- Unlocalised, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Unlocalised, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 308 x 137.2 x 18.6mm
- Media/Materials
- whalebone, marine mammal bone, mammal bone, bone, animal, organic, string, processed material
- Collection
- John White Collection
- Credit Line
- John White
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D35.504
- On Display
- No
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