Waka

Possible fragment of waka. One perforation hole drilled from two sides. Burnt at one end around a possible second perforation. Flat on top and slight curve. White clay remains on article.

A model of a hoe (waka paddle). Light brown wood. Handle is worked smooth with a round cross-section. A knob on the butt of the handle is carved with a simple human face, with eyebrows, eyes, nose and mouth depicted. Blade of the paddle is oblong with a lenticular cross-section; broken at the distal end. Blade is carved on front and back with a pattern of horizontal and vertical grooves.

Complete tatā (canoe bailer). Mid brown wood. Surface is smooth but cracked, with four repairs with wire on the scoop and a large chip missing from the centre of the pouring edge. Handle is curved and projects over the scoop with a manaia on the butt. A piece apparently connected the head of the manaia to the bailer floor, but has been sawn away. Proximal end is carved with two manaia, bodies carved in a rauponga (ridge and notch) pattern. The rim above the manaia is carved with a rauponga on one side and a koru on the other side.

Complete tatā (canoe bailer). Elongated and narrow, made from mid brown rimu with a dark red stain. Handle formed in two curved pieces, joining together at a face carving on the butt. Proximal end of the scoop has a pakura design around the exterior surface of the rim. Horizontal grooves on the exterior bottom of the proximal end of the scoop. The interior surface and distal end of the exterior surface of the scoop are smooth and undecorated. The interior of the scoop has a ridge at about the midpoint, tapering to the pouring lip.

A model of a hoe (waka paddle). Dark brown wood. Handle is worked smooth with a knob on the butt and an oval cross-section. Blade of the paddle is diamond-shaped with a half-circular cross-section. Blade is carved with a rauponga (ridges and notches) pattern on one side and a koru pattern on the other side.

Complete punga. The cross-section is irregular, sides smoothed and rounded. There is a large , off-centre perforation.

Complete tatā (waka bailer) made of dark brown rimu. Surface is smooth with chisel marks evident. The curved handle protrudes over the scoop, with a facial carving on the butt consisting of spirals and notches and two perforations. A stump on the interior of the scoop below the handle indicates that there had once been a support bar projecting from the underside of the handle which has since been sawn off. There is another carving at the base of the handle and at the back of the scoop with koru, spiral, and notch patterns. The interior and exterior of the scoop are undecorated.

Complete tatā (canoe bailer). Light brown rimu wood. Surface is worked smooth but with wood grain still evident. Handle is straight with a carved face at the butt (browline, bulbous eyes, and nose are indicated). Style departs from traditional design with handle at back, indicates European influence. A chip is missing from centre edge of pouring edge.

Wooden adze haft. Handle is round in cross section and chisel marks visible on surface, darkened near the grip. Triangular platform at the distal end, with notches and a deep groove at the edge. A mount is lashed with plaited fibre into the hollow groove, projecting beyond the platform. The mount has a deep rectangular groove, open at one end, for inserting an adze. It appears to be made using metal tools.

Complete tatā (canoe bailer). Made from dark brown rimu using steel tools. Curved handle projects over the scoop, with a manaia head carved at the butt. Below the handle, at the back of the scoop, is another carving and two perforations. Two pieces of loose wood on the carving have been re-attached in the past with heavy furniture nails. Scoop has a slight ridge on the interior, creating a straight-sided pouring edge

Complete wooden hoe (paddle). Double-sided human or bird carving at the proximal end, with four perforations. The proximal edge has been burnt on one side. A double-sided human face is carved where the handle meets the blade, with spiral and pākati (dog-tooth) patterns throughout. Blade is an elongated oval, tapering to a point at the distal end, with two perforations. The distal edge has been flattened, with chisel marks evident on the side edges.

Wooden adze haft. Surface is polished smooth. Handle is round in cross section, with a platform at the distal end running perpendicular to the handle. Groove cut in platform with plaited flax tied around and attached to handle.