kotiate

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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.{{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}}