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  • Maori Kotiate weapon carved in New Zealand and available from Silver Fern Gallery
  • Maori Kotiate weapon carved in New Zealand and available from Silver Fern Gallery
  • front view of Maori Kotiate weapon carved in New Zealand and available from Silver Fern Gallery
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Carved Kotiate on stand - 33cm by Wood Masters

$395.00 NZD
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Kotiate - Maori weapon

Carved in New Zealand from hardwood
 
Kotiate 33cm x 12.5cm x 2.5cm 
Stand 39.5 x 8 x 3cm

Stock photo.  Wood grain may vary. 


About Kotiate:

The kotiate was a prized weapon and also used by chiefs when speech-making.  It is a curiously shaped weapon noted for the carved notches on the blade. The notches were used in a ripping action. The word kotiate literally means 'to divide, split in two'.