Cotiate
| Cotiate | |
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| Weapon type: | Percussion weapon |
| Designations: | Liver cutter |
| Use: | Weapon, traditional weapon |
| Creation time: | before 1642 |
| Working time: | til today |
| Region of origin / author: |
New Zealand , Māori |
| Distribution: | New Zealand |
| Overall length: | approx. 34 cm |
| Blade width: | about 16 cm |
| Blade thickness: | approx. 3.5 cm |
| Handle: | Wood, whale bones , jade |
| Particularities: | Often decorated with traditional carvings.._Albumen_print._Wellcome_V0038536.jpg)
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The kotiate (also known as the liver cutter) is a one-handed, short striking weapon used by the Māori , the indigenous people of New Zealand .
history
The Kotiate was developed by the New Zealand Māori as a weapon of war. The first copies were made long before the colonization by the Europeans.
description
The cotiate has a shape that is similar to a violin . It consists of hardwood, whale bones or, in a few cases, jade . The face is smooth, the outside is thin and sharp. Some cotiates have a center line. The handle (handle) is also smooth and in most cases has traditional carvings at the rear end. Small carvings are often also made on the playing surfaces.
Most of the kotiate used in warfare are simple in design. Some specimens, which also serve cultural purposes, or are the weapons of tribal leaders, are made very artistically, with filigree carvings. The cotiates are about 34 cm long, about 16 cm wide and about 3.5 cm thick.
literature
- George Cameron Stone : A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times. Courier Dover Publications, Mineola, New York 1999, ISBN 0-486-40726-8 , p. 379. ( Preview on Google Book Search ).
- Makereti Papakura : The Old-Time Maori. READ BOOKS, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4437-3423-3 .
- Alexander Wyclif Reed : An illustrated encyclopedia of Maori life. New Holland, Auckland, NZ 2002 [ie 2012], ISBN 978-1-86966-361-2 (revised, first edition 1963).
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY), Eric Kjellgren: Oceania. Art of the Pacific Islands in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art publications, New York, NY 2007, ISBN 978-0-300-12030-1 .
See also
Web links
- Kotiate in the National Library of Australia , example with decorations