Patu (Club)
Unidentified Māori maker
early 20th century
Whale bone
Overall: 13 5/16 × 3 1/8 × 1/2 in. (33.8 × 8 × 1.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
54.30.13152
Geography
Place Made: New Zealand, Polynesia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Armament
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Exhibition History
Changing Traditions in Pacific Art, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 38, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 7-November 10, 2002.
Polynesian Tapa: Decorated Barkcloth from Tonga and Samoa, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Robert Welsch, Anthropology 38, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 23-November 28, 2004.
The Art of War: Melanesian and Polynesian Expressions of Beauty and Violence, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 47, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 27-May 13, 2001.
Provenance
Ralph C. Altman (1909-1967) [dealer], Los Angeles, California; sold to present collection, 1954.
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