Weapon | Photographer: Axel Killian
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Weapon
This two-handed weapon is called taiaha and was used in combat by high-ranking people. Both ends can be deployed as a weapon for stabbing, hitting or repelling an adversary. The decorated part shows a head the outstretched tongue of which forming the blade of the weapon. The band of feathers and dog hair under the carved face is called tauri kura.
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Cultural attribution
Maori
Object type
Waffe
Dimensions
Breite: 70.0 mm, Länge: 1680.0 mm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/2075
Provenance and sources
when
19th century
when
17.12.1963
where
Oceania (location/origin)
Polynesia (location/origin)
New Zealand (location/origin)
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