Te Toki a Tapiri, waka taua

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Te Toki a Tapiri has been carved from totara, and features an elaborately carved tauihu and taurapa. Manaia and wheku figures, all with paua shell inset eyes, are carved along the length of the top-strake, and the gunwales are also carved at intervals. Pitau patterns are carved on each taumanu. Muka has been used for the majority of lashing, although kiekie has been utilised in some places. The waka has been painted red and black.

Whakahounga o Mua: 29 Sept 2026
Ingoa Kē

war canoe (descriptive name)

Rā Tāpiringa

1885

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

150 (ethnology)

290 (Taonga Database)

Wāhanga

Māori

Rūma Whakaatu

Maori Hall Central Court

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