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Pātītī | short-handled axe said to have belonged to Hongi Hika
- Date
- [between 1800 and 1845]
- By
- Vosseler, Frederick William, 1878-1959; Hongi Hika, 1772-1828; Heke Pōkai, Hōne Wiremu, -1850
- Reference
- Objects-0558
- Description
Maker not identified.
The pātītī (axe) wooden handle has a hole for string attachment at the end opposite the head.
Conflicting provenance information supplied by Tony Murray-Oliver suggests the axe was associated with Hone Heke at Kororareka.
Label on the handle has now gone, but according to the photograph of the object, this label read: "Axe belonging to Hongi. Presented by F W Vosseler, Wellington.
Title supplied by Library.
Quantity: 1 object(s).
Physical Description: Axe with wooden handle 405 x 35 x 22 mm, and iron head 160 x 100 x 30 mm.
Processing information: Description edited as part of Curios and Objects survey, 2022.
Previous reference: Curios-028-034.
Previous title: Maker unknown :[Axe or tomahawk said to have belonged to Hongi Hika. 1840s?].
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 object(s), Curios, Objects, Metal, Wood (Plant material), Axe with wooden handle 405 x 35 x 22 mm, and iron head 160 x 100 x 30 mm.
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