Kotiate

Two kotiate, made from whalebone.

Kotiate is a type of traditional hand weapon of the Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand.

A Kotiate is a short club normally made of wood or whalebone. Kotiate means to cut or divide the liver (koti = cut in two or divide; ate = liver), is probably taken from its shape, which resembles the lobed part of the human liver.

See also

Other Māori weapons:

• Mere (weapon)
• Pouwhenua
• Tewhatewha
• Patu
• Taiaha

External links

• Kotiate in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa