Te Bakabota

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Te Bakabota. Barbed fighting stick. This weapon consists of a shaft carved from te kanni (coconut wood), cylindrical in shape, which is carved to a pointed apex at one end. Three wete (sting ray barbs) are attached to the pointed apex and securely fastened with lashing of darkly coloured te ira n atu (human hair) and an additional attachment of fringed baa ni kaina (pandanus leaf fibre). A short cord of te kora (coconut sennit) is wrapped around the base end of the bakabota. The weapon is brown in colour.

Accession number: 1936.295 Last Update: 31 Oct 2019
Common Name

Armament T&E, Bludgeon

Other Name

Fighting stick (English)

Place
Beru/Gilbert Islands/Kiribati
Accession Number

1936.295

Accession Date

1936

Other Id

24029 (ethnology)

139 (Maude Collection)

Department

Pacific

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Te Bakabota, 1936.295, 24029, 139, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 16 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
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