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Object Number 47-54-70/2608
Display Title Long wooden club (Taiaha)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Taiaha
Inventory Description Club, carved wood, spatulate end, carved curvilinear head, protruding tongue
Classification
  • Club
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Maori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand
Additional Geographic Terms Taranaki District
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 176.7 x 7.9 x 3.4 cm (69 9/16 x 3 1/8 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-54-70/2608/ D.23.793
Provenance
Exchange participant Otago Museum (1947)

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