i Wau Totokia
i Wau Totokia. Beaked battle-axe. This i Wau Totokia is a smaller version of a weapon intended to be gripped with both hands and used to pierce a human skull. It consists of a large bulbous head with a prominent beak, and a short handle which bends slightly towards the head. The club is top heavy, with the surface of the circular head carved in a chequered grid pattern, and the beak tapering off into a rounded point. The handle is cylindrical in shape with the grip of the handle carved in a tavatava (shallow incisions), zigzag in design. The butt of the handle is finished in a carved cap. The i Ula is dark in colour with a glossy patina.
- Collection Area
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- Te reo Name
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- Ingoa Kōrero Noa
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- Ingoa Kē
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- Momo Ingoa Kē
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- Kupu whakaahua
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- Wāhi
- Fiji
- Wāhi Hāngai
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- Field Collection Place
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- Wāhi Whāiti Taketake i Kohia ai
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- Rā Kohinga
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- Rā i Kohia i te Wāhi Taketake
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- Accession Number
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1925.92
- Rā Tāpiringa
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30 Apr 1925
- Tohu Tuakiri Kē
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13418 (ethnology)
- Momo Tohu Tuakiri Kē
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- Wāhanga
- Rūma Whakaatu
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- Herenga
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- Momo
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