i Ula
i Ula Drisi. Throwing club. i Ula are carved from the rootstock of a hardwood tree. It is intended as a weapon that can be gripped in the hand or thrown in short range distances at assailants. This i Ula Drisi consists of a ball-shaped head and long slender adjoining handle. The head is carved in a rounded smooth ball, with surface wear and a long prominent crack visible at one side. The handle is cylindrical and flares slightly towards the butt. The grip end of the handle is carved in a tavatava (shallow incisions), zigzag in design. A small drilled hole is visible at the butt of the handle. The i Ula is medium brown in colour and has 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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Throwing club (English)
- Momo Ingoa Kē
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- Kupu whakaahua
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- 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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- Rā Tāpiringa
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1914
- Tohu Tuakiri Kē
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12904 (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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