Hand club "kotiate paraoa" · New Zealand, Maori · ID: 3045317
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Size
L: 35,5 cm
B: 14,5 cm
L: 14.0 inch
B: 5.7 inch
Description
wood, shell inlay, knob carved as plain “wheku” face
As a proud, warlike people, the Maori were quick to protect their personal reputation and “mana” (prestige/ authority), preferring hand-held close-combat weapons rather than long-distance projectiles.
Their single-handed clubs, usually known by the general term of “patu”, included a wide range of types and materials.
The object Hand club “kotiate paraoa” with the object ID 3045317 was last part of the auction 91 Tribal Art Auction at March 9, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 65.
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Comparing literature
Starzecka, Dorota C., Taonga Maori in the British Museum, London 2010, plate 124 f.