'Akau-tā or Pakipaki (war club)

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Photo by John Bentham.
'Akau-tā or Pakipaki (war club)
Photo by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker
Dateafter 1770
MediumIronwood, also known as toa wood (casuarina equisetifolia or she-oak)
DimensionsOverall: 36 × 4 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (91.4 × 12.1 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineTransfer from the Hamilton College Anthropology Department
Object number2023.10.28
On view
DescriptionTongan club, paddle type. Tongan term: ‘Akau' or 'Pakipaki.' Likely used for ceremonial purposes due to its paddle-like shape. Similar clubs with blunt ends were used for war.
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Alternate Titles ‘Akau tau
Pakipaki
Club
Club
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Stone, wood, leather, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.544
Photo by John Bentham.
Club
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood, woven grass
Object number: 2023.10.27
Club
Club
Unknown artist
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood
Object number: S2023.2.18
Club
Club
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Wood, leather and stone
Object number: 1984.546
Image Not Available for Club
Club
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Stone, wood and leather
Object number: 1984.545
Club
Club
Date: date unknown
Medium: Leather, wood, stone, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.547
Photo by John Bentham.
Knobkerrie (Club)
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood with pigment
Object number: 2023.10.68
Model Canoe
Model Canoe
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Wood with paint
Object number: 1984.505
Photo by John Bentham.
Iron club
Unknown artist
Date: date unknown
Medium: Iron
Object number: 2023.10.42
© Jeffrey Gibson. Image courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co. For educational purposes only.
IF I RULED THE WORLD
Jeffrey Gibson
Date: 2019
Medium: Digital print, silkscreen, and collage, with gloss varnish, in custom-color frame
Object number: 2020.3.1
© Jeffrey Gibson. Image courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co. For educational purposes only.
I WANNA GIVE YOU DEVOTION
Jeffrey Gibson
Date: 2019
Medium: Digital print, silkscreen, and collage, with gloss varnish, in custom-color frame
Object number: 2020.3.2
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Rhona Bitner
Date: October 29, 2008 (printed 2013)
Medium: Chromogenic print mounted on aluminum
Object number: 2014.3.1