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Saisai

human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    Spear (English)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Moto Saisai. Multi-pronged long spear. This Moto Saisai is carved from kau (wood) into a long cylindrical shaft with four sharp wooden prongs attached to one end with magimagi (coconut sennit) wrapping. The shaft is tapered with the widest point at centre of the shaft, and broken at the butt end. The Moto Saisai is medium brown in colour.

  • Wāhi
  • Accession Number
    1930.38
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    1930
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    4685.1 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga

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