Militaria
Category
Ethnographic material
Date
Unknown
Materials
Whalebone
Place of origin
New Zealand
Order this imageCollection
Clandon Park, Surrey
NT 1441284
Summary
[Destroyed in the fire of 2015] A Maori war club of whalebone (mere). KOTIATE (fighting club), ceremonial.
Provenance
Accepted by the Treasury in lieu of Estate Duty on the death of the 5th and the 6th Earl in 1984