Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
Club (Kotiate)

CultureMaori people
Titles
  • Club (Kotiate)
Date1810–1850
PlaceNew Zealand
MediumWhalebone
Dimensions13 1/4 × 4 7/8 × 3/8 in. (33.7 × 12.4 × 1.0 cm)
Credit LineGift of Isabel B. Wilson
Object number2000.114
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
Lower Brown Corridor
On view

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Provenance[Taylor A. Dale, Santa Fe, New Mexico, by 1999]; Isabel B. Wilson (1931–2012), Houston, 1999; given to MFAH, 2000.

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