Toki-Kakau-Poto
| Toki-Kakau-Poto | |
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| Weapon type: | Axe |
| Designations: | Toki Kakau Poto, Toki-Kakau-Roa, Toki Poo, Tangata, Patati |
| Use: | weapon |
| Region of origin / author: |
New Zealand , Maori ethnic group |
| Distribution: | New Zealand |
| Overall length: | about 27 cm to about 78 cm |
| Handle: | Wood, bone |
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The Toki-Kakau-Poto also Toki-Kakau-Roa , Toki-Poo , Tangata or Patati is a battle ax of the Maori in New Zealand.
description
The Toki-Kakau-Poto is a battle ax that was created after colonization by the Europeans. The ax head is always made of metal. It is single-edged and made in Europe. The shaft is straight and is usually made of hardwood or whale bone . The end of the shaft is either blunt or decorated with traditional carvings and worked to a point. There are different versions that vary in length or design. It is a more modern version of the Toki-Pou-Tangata .
literature
- Hilke Thode-Arora, Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, Tapa and Tiki: the Polynesia collection of the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum , Verlag Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, 2001, ISBN 978-3-923158-37-9
- Terence Barrow, Art and life in Polynesia , Verlag AH & AW Reed, 1972, ISBN 978-0-589-00649-5
Individual evidence
- ↑ George Cameron Stone, Donald J. LaRocca, A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times , Courier Dover Publications, 1999, pp. 618, 619, ISBN 978-0-486 -40726-5 .