Moto,
human history
Moto. Barbed spear. This Moto is carved from kau (wood) into a long cylindrical shaft and sharpened to a multi-barbed point at the attacking end. The shaft is tapered with the widest point at cenre of the shaft. Finely braided magimagi (coconut sennit) is lashed tightly around its base. The Moto is dark brown in colour.
Accession number: 1986.201 Last Update: 27 Nov 2024
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- Te reo Name
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Spear (English)
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- Description
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- Place
- Fiji
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1986.201
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19 Aug 1986
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52125 (ethnology)
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- Display Room
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