tewhatewha

Language: unknown
Language: unknown
Weapon

The weapon tewhatewha is an effective striking and thrusting weapon that also served as a status symbol. Text: Ulrich Menter

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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Cultural attribution
Māori
Object type
Waffe
Dimensions
Länge: 148.5 cm, Breite: 18.5 cm, Tiefe: 4.5 cm
Material/Technique
Wood
carved
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
117328

Provenance and sources

when
19th century

where
New Zealand

when
1939
Provenance
The object traces back to the collection of the Ethnological Museum Berlin and came to the Linden-Museum in 1939 through an object exchange with Arthur Speyer. The former provenance of the object has not yet been determined. Text: Ulrich Menter

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