Kotiate (short striking weapon), 'Apanui'

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Kotiate (short striking weapon), 'Apanui'

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The kotiate was a prized weapon and also favoured by chiefs when speech-making. It is a curiously shaped weapon, and noted for the carved notches on either side of the blade. The notches were used in a ripping action. The word kotiate literally means 'to divide, split in two'. Kotiate were usually about thirty-two centimetres in length and made from whale bone, although some were fashioned from hardwood such as akeake and rautangi. The carving on whale bone examples was usually confined to th...

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Date created

1800-1883

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/93970

Related subjects

whale bone (bone) / kotiate / clubs / edged weapons / chip carving / Te Huringa I: 1800 - 1900 / Ngāti Mahuta / New Zealand Wars / Waikato / Tāwhiao, King of the Māori / Sir Walter Buller

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