Post #31790 by Basement Kahuna on Mon, Apr 28, 2003 1:07 AM

This club is commonly referred to as a Patu. I have the genuine article in my collection. There is also a grooved version of it called a Kotiate. It was grooved to sieze and twist an opponent's Patu out of his hand. These, along with the greenstone headed Adzes or celt axes (representing authority and clan hierarchy) were passed down sometimes through hundreds of years of Maori ancestry. Here is a Kotiate that yours truly carved (top):

[ Edited by: Basement Kahuna on 2003-04-28 01:15 ]