A Maori carving, Te Tana Pukekohatu at Bark Bay in the Abel Tasman National Park. He is holding a patu or mere depending on what it is made from. It was was used as a weapon. Mere were made from greenstone or Pounamu whereas a patu was made from stone or bone
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