# Kotiate

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**Kotiate** is a type of traditional hand weapon of the [Māori](/source/M%C4%81ori_people), the indigenous people of [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand).

A kotiate is a short club normally made of wood or whalebone. Kotiate means to cut or divide the liver (koti = cut in two or divide; ate = liver), is probably taken from its shape, which resembles the lobed part of the human liver.[1]

## See also

- [Mere (weapon)](/source/Mere_(weapon))
- [Pouwhenua](/source/Pouwhenua)
- [Tewhatewha](/source/Tewhatewha)
- [Patu](/source/Patu)
- [Taiaha](/source/Taiaha)
- [Wahaika](/source/Wahaika)

## References

1. ["Description of ME002492; Kotiate"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121018200157/http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/objectdetails.aspx?oid=138014). *Collections Online*. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Archived from [the original](http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/objectdetails.aspx?oid=138014) on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2009-04-10.

## External links

- [Kotiate](http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/search.aspx?term=kotiate) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20121018180749/http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/search.aspx?term=kotiate) 2012-10-18 at the Wayback Machine in the collection of the [Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa](/source/Museum_of_New_Zealand_Te_Papa_Tongarewa)

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