discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou Tao human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa KēBarbed spear (English)Kupu whakaahuaTao. Barbed spear. This is one entire component that portrays both the shaft and ulu tao (spear head). The surface of the wood is dark brown in colour, smooth in surface texture with few hafted marks. The shaft part is long and cylindrical. Its base end tapers into a point. The ulu tao section portrays a range of complex fakanifonifo beginning with two large star-like segments at the base and then several points following on towards the tip. There are some fractures among the points revealing a lighter brown tone of wooden texture.WāhiNiueRā Tāpiringa1891Tohu Tuakiri Kē10929 (ethnology)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 10929Takenga ā-AhureaNiueanKaiwaihanga Matua Unknown (Maker)WāhiNiueRāPre 1891Tikanga WaihangacarvedWaitohu/māka929E (painted) 10929; NIUE IS (handwritten)Pāoho[mangrove]/hardwood/wood/plant material/AAT MaterialsRaraunga Ine2340mm35mmHuinga KaupapawoodworkTaumata whakarōpūSpearArmament T&E, WeaponTools & Equipment for Science & TechnologyWhakahounga o Mua24 Sep 2019 E hangaia tonutia ana te kohinga tuihono a Tāmaki Paenga Hira; tāpirihia ai ngā whakahoutanga me ngā pūkete i ia wiki. I ētahi wā, kāore anō kia whakaūhia ngā pūkete e ngā kaimahi o Te Whare Taonga, tēnā pea he hapa kei roto i ngā kōrero. Search hua Rapunga hou The gift of curiosity With unlimited free entry to all paid exhibitions, discounted event tickets and exclusive Member-only events, a Museum Membership is the gift that keeps on giving year-round. SEE OPTIONS FROM $60