discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou Katoua human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa KēCleaving club (English)Kupu whakaahuaKatoua. Club. This is a large katoua, made of wood and is dual-purposed as a cleaver and spear. The cleaver and spear are at either end and the katoua is made to be held in the middle. The cleaver would be aimed forward and spear backwards, so that you can attack front opponent, but also attack behind opponents with the spear (Reference KH). The traditional purpose of such club is for intended bodily harm during combat however this particular katoua was designed for dances such as takalo (war dance) and meke (drum dance). A great part of the cleaver half resembles a paddle blade from the centre of shaft by which it is smooth and rounded at the edges. The cleaver has an extension from the blade, a long point measuring at 3mm in depth. For the other half, the shaft centre narrows and becomes circular, taking the form of a spear. The spear end has a pointed head, marked by a circumferential protrusion and a dull tip. Overall, this katoua is dark brown in colour by which appears to be of synthetic source. A range of cut marks and the likes are visible across the katoua surface; cut marks around the shaft surface just below the spear point, a natural split on edge of cleaver shaft and fractures on the two corners of cleaver blade.WāhiNiueAccession Number1925.193Rā Tāpiringa28 Sep 1925Tohu Tuakiri Kē7119 (ethnology)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete Katoua, 1925.193, 7119, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital,… … Read more Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1925.193, 7119Takenga ā-AhureaNiueanKaiwaihanga Matua Unknown (Maker)WāhiNiueRāPre 1925Tikanga Waihangacarved groundWaitohu/mākaNIUE; 7119 SAVAGE; IS (NIUE)Pāoho[mangrove]/hardwood/wood/plant material/AAT MaterialsRaraunga Ine1780mm122mm32mmHuinga KaupapaMen/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -Warriors/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -Performing Arts/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -Taumata whakarōpūClubArmament T&E, WeaponTools & Equipment for Science & TechnologyWhakahounga o Mua30 Jul 2019 Tūemi e whai hononga Ngā hua o DigitalNZ SHIPPING. (Otago Daily Times, 04 December 1878) National Library of New Zealand Katoua (club) Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Katoua (club) Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Katoua (club) Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Katoua (club) Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Mea e whai hononga ai 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