tewhatewha

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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
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
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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