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Description: | KAIWHAPUKU
New Zealand / [whalebone] / 195
Properpty of / ROYAL MUSEUM / No. 4475
Short, spatulate club made of whale bone, whic is pierced at the butt. There is an inscription, possibly in the Maori language, reading 'KAIWHAPUKU', scratched on one side. The Maori name for this implement is 'patu paraoa'.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 27.4.61/51
caption: Detail view of label of Horniman Museum object no 27.4.61/51 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | New Zealand Maori whale bone meres (clubs (weapons: bludgeon)) War- and Peace-making | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-57775 | Go to resource |
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