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Maka tau

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  • Ingoa Kē

    Throwing Stone (English)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Maka tau. Throwing stone. This small maka tau is made from maka uli (black stone or basalt) and would have been used in war as a throwing weapon. When used during combat, it would be thrown at the enemy from as far away a distance as four meters. This maka tau is ovoid and slightly egg shaped with flattened sides. It is of a dark grey or black colour, with some brown speckles.

    Its exterior surface is smooth and roughly polished but textured with small markings and abrasions over its entire surface from the hammer-dressing that would have been performed to shape the rock. The maka tau was often used as a defending weapon in combat and if thrown correctly, could do real damage and even cause death.

  • Wāhi
    Niue
  • Accession Number
    1931.580
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    16 Nov 1931
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    16862.2 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga

    Pacific

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  • Maka tau, 1931.580, 16862.2, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 08 Jan 2019, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Maka tau, 1931.580, 16862.2, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 08 Jan 2019, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Maka tau, 1931.580, 16862.2, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 08 Jan 2019, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Maka tau, 1931.580, 16862.2, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 08 Jan 2019, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • stone, sling

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