Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Taiaha, Taiaha
Complete taiaha. Proximal end carved with human face on each side. Paua shell inlay remaining in one eye. Protruding tongue has a rauru (double spiral with notches) pattern. Relatively narrow blade.
Provenance Place:
Unlocalised, New Zealand
D79.6713
Details
- Provenance Place
- Unlocalised, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Unlocalised, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 1425 x 43 x 30mm
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori, Archaeology
- Accession Number
- D79.6713
- On Display
- No
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