Kotiate
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Kotiate is a type of traditional hand weapon of the Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand.
Two kotiate made of whalebone
Wahaika
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A wahaika is a type of traditional Māori hand weapon. Wahaika are short club-like weapons usually made of wood or whalebone and are used for thrusting and striking in close-quarter, hand-to-hand fight
Kotiate
…Taiaha Wahaika Kotiate Archived 2012-10-18 at the Wayback Machine in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa…
Wahaika, circa 1900. Rietberg Museum.
Two wooden and one whalebone wahaika in Te Papa Museum