Subject: ariki / rangatira warrior chief
Culture: Maori
Setting: Musket Wars, Aotearoa / New Zealand 1807-1830
Object: patu wahaika 'fish mouth' club
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* American Museum of Natural History > Mead Hall of Pacific Peoples
* National Museum of Scotland > Royal Museum
Club Maori people New Zealand Nineteenth century
The short whalebone club was used for close fighting, where the fraction of a second more needed to raise larger clubs could prove fatal. It was used to jab at the temple, neck and ribs, and the butt delivered the final blow. Club fighting was learned from boyhood. Grave evidence suggests their use resulted in violent death as early as the 12th century. This one is decorated with a ... mythical sea monster found on a variety of Maori objects."
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* Pilikia
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* Allan Davey & Company
* Kura Maori Art
* Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology > Arts of War
* Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology > Arts of War
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* Arts & Characters
