Rākau o te riri

Complete wahaika rakau. Geometric and facial design (possibly based on an owl?) carved on blade with mirror image on opposite side. Two of the eight paua shell inlays are missing. Where the blade meets the handle, a human figure is carved with extruding tongue and three fingered hands on chest. Polished, uncarved handle with square-shaped perforation. Human face carving at butt of handle.

Complete wahaika rakau. It has a circular drilled perforation at the head. It has whakairo on the head in the shape of a head. It also has whakairo on one side of the handle in the shape of the human form. It is well polished.

Complete wahaika rakau. It has rectangular chipped out perforation on the head. It has whakairo on the head in the shape of a head, it also has whakairo on the side of the handle in a head shape. Above the butt there is an inverted notch on the opposite side to the carving. It is polished but with scratches and minor chips along the blade.

Complete patu onewa with no tau. Drill perforation present. Butt has three concave reke. Large chip on one edge, no other chips. Blade smooth and in good condition.

Grey with shiny dark grey/black flaw on end of blade ant one side. Spatulate in shape, relatively narrow blade. Tapers to neck - no shoulders - and then expands to knobbed proximal end. 4 ridges (3 + central, proximal one which are flat between ridges. Hourglass perforation on handle inside of ridges.

Complete patu onewa. Ornamental grooves at butt. Drilled perforation at handle. Chip on blade edge.

Complete patu paraoa. Knob at the butt, coming to a dull point. Two large bilateral notches and projections where the blade meets the handle. Small incised marks on the inside of the notches.

Complete patu onewa. Suspension hole is not fully cut out. Surface is ground. The handle was previously cracked and has been glued back on.

Complete patu paraoa. Previously broken on the blade and glued back together. Four decorative grooves on each side of the butt. Perforation on butt. Sticker residue on one side of blade.

Complete patu onewa. Butt is squared off. Two horizontal grooves and vertical notches on the proximal edge. Two semicircles are incised on one side below the proximal edge. Notches down on each of the four corners of the proximal end. Butt flares out slightly below these notches, with a perforation drilled from both sides. Five notches on each side edge where the handle meets the blade.

Complete mere pounamu. Dark green and silver takiwai variety with high translucency and chatoyant bands. Spatulate in shape. Distal edge of blade is straight and sharp with rounded side edges. Bilateral reduction where the blade meets the handle, flaring out again at the proximal end. Four ornamental grooves on both sides of butt with perforation in the centre, which interrupts the grooves. Perforation hole is straight sided and threaded with a leather thong.

Broken patu onewa, handle remaining. There is a wide knob at the end of the handle. Surface is bruised.