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rāti

human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    harpoon head (English)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    harpoon head. Whalebone. Broken perforation, 7 mm diameter, at 1 end of the shaft, and a barb at the other end. The shaft below the barb has broken off. The barb on 1 side is intact, the other barb is broken on the end and also on the outer edge. Plano-convex in cross section. Width of shaft 26 mm, thickness 9 mm Burnt. Incomplete, barb broken, repaired.

  • Wāhi
  • Accession Number
    1933.379
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    19587.3 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga
rāti, 1933.379, 19587.3, Photographed by Andrew Hales,… … Read more

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