discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou knife human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa KēswordmandauKupu whakaahuaHunters knife, mandauMade from bamboo, wood, palm leaf, cotton textile, metal, hide, cane, and bone. A knife and a blade that fits in to a scabbard. The scabbard is a piece of long hollowed wood with folded palm leaf for the second scabbard that is tied together with cane. The wood scabbard is carved with abstract designs and also has wrapped cane creating ornate patterns, cane also secures a tuft of dense hair in white and black. A wrapped cotton textile belt loop passed through the palm leaf scabbardthe knife that sits inside the wooden scabbard has a long blade with ornate curl designs on the blade and has inlay spiral and dot designs. The handle is made from carved bone with a hook at the top with carved designs, at the end of the bone hook is a short tuft of hair and at the top of the handle is a long tuft of hair.The blade that fits in the palm leaf sheath has a small blade that is secured a cylindrical wooden shaft with metal wire, at the end of the shaft is a curved and pointed boneWāhiBorneo/IndonesiaAccession Number2001.39.1Rā Tāpiringa31 Dec 2001Tohu Tuakiri Kē55924 (ethnology)WāhangaWorld Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete knife, hunter's Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 2011.39.1, 55924WāhiBorneo/IndonesiaRāPre 2001Pāohohair/animal materialwood/plant materialpalm leaf/leaf (plant material)/plant materialmetal/inorganic materialcane (plant material)/plant materialRaraunga Ine770mm740mm400mm50mm50mm16mmTaumata whakarōpūKnifeMultiple Use T & ETools & EquipmentWhakahounga o Mua28 Mar 2024 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