Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Patu paraoa
Mostly complete patu paraoa, broken at the butt and heavily weathered on the blade edges and back side. Front surface is smooth. Butt is broken with a projection remaining on one side, possibly the remains of a broken perforation. Pronounced shoulders where the handle meets the blade. Decorative ridges and grooves at the proximal end of the blade. There is a projection on the proper right side with a small perforation drilled from both sides; left side also appears to have had a similar projection which has broken off.
Provenance Place:
Puketeraki, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
D65.920
Details
- Provenance Place
- Puketeraki, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 30 x 100 x 365mm
- Media/Materials
- whalebone, marine mammal bone, mammal bone, bone, animal, organic
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr Jock Hobbs; Tūhura Otago Museum Collection
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D65.920
- On Display
- Yes
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