Artifact Number:
 01447

Object:
AXE
Patiti

Material:
 bone (whale), shell (paua), leather, metal

Dimensions:
 50x14.5x2.5 cm

Origin:
 North Island, New Zealand, Polynesia

Comments:
 It is said that this patiti was taken from a Ngāi Tūhoe chief of the Urewera at the fall of the battle of Ōrākau in April 1864.



Collection Name: Eric Craig Collection

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