| Native Name | Patuki |
| Object Number | P2220 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Maori |
| Provenience | New Zealand |
| Period | Te Huringa I Period |
| Date Made | 1800 - 1900 CE |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | A wooden patuki (hand club) with an elongated, pointed blade and short handle. Both sides of the blade are carved with steel tools, a rauponga (rows of dog tooth notches between parallel grooves and ridges) surface pattern. The reke (butt of the weapon) is undecorated with a circular hole from which a wrist cord (tau) would have been attached. A patuki is a one-handed weapon with a distinct triangular or rectangular cross-section and convex sides. Patuki were used in hand-to-hand combat, generally to strike, parry, and stab. |
| Length | 41.5 cm |
| Width | 7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from W. O. Oldman; Subscription of Herbert L. Clark in memory of Edward W. Clark, 1911 |
| Other Number | 17856 - Dealer's Number |
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