Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Taiaha, Taiaha
Complete taiaha. Wooden surface is smooth and polished. Human faces carved at the proximal end on both sides. Protruding tongue carved with rauru (spiral and notch) pattern. Eyes are slanted and convex hallows, with a paua shell inlay intact in one. Handle and blade are relatively narrow, slightly flared and rounded at the base.
Provenance Place:
Unlocalised, New Zealand
D79.6710
Details
- Provenance Place
- Unlocalised, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Unlocalised, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 1420 x 42 x 25mm
- Credit Line
- Old Stock
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori, Archaeology
- Accession Number
- D79.6710
- On Display
- No
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