Pōvai

Description:
Pōvai moungalaulau. Paddle club. This club is carved from one block of toa (ironwood) smooth and polished and dark rich brown in colour. The handle is cylindrical in shape and is unmarked, it tapers out to a paddle shape, curved at the end and thin in depth. The paddle part of the club is carved, front and back, with different patterns and lines as well as human and animal figures. Along the club head there are four sections of horizontal ridg...
Display date:
Acquired: 1924
Location:
Pacific
Collections:
Auckland Museum Collections Online
Content partner:
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Availability:
Not specified
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Auckland Museum Collections
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira