{{Short description|Māori weapon}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}} thumbnail|Two kotiate made of whalebone thumb|Māori war-clubs. The kotiate is second from right. '''Kotiate''' is a type of traditional hand weapon of the Māori, the indigenous people of 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.<ref>{{cite web | title = Description of ME002492; Kotiate | work = Collections Online | publisher = Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa | url = http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/objectdetails.aspx?oid=138014 | accessdate = 2009-04-10 | archive-date = 2012-10-18 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121018200157/http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/objectdetails.aspx?oid=138014 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
==See also== *Mere (weapon) *Pouwhenua *Tewhatewha *Patu *Taiaha *Wahaika
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==External links== *[http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/search.aspx?term=kotiate Kotiate] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018180749/http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/search.aspx?term=kotiate |date=2012-10-18 }} in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Category:Clubs (weapon) Category:Māori weapons Category:Ceremonial weapons {{Māori}} {{Blunt-weapon-stub}}