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Large Wooden Patu Club

Large wooden patu club with koru design. This beautiful wooden patu artwork makes a lovely gift.
A special gift for someone special. You can buy one right here, right now.

Patu or mere? We learned something new!

• A mere is a short, flat, teardrop-shaped club made of greenstone (pounamu, nephrite jade).
• A patu is a similar shape and is usually made from wood, stone, or whale bone.

This wooden patu is carved from tulip wood.

Info about greenstone mere clubs

A warrior would carry his mere in his flax belt. The Mere was a treasured Heirloom, passed from Generation to Generation and usually only Chiefs of high standing possessed them.

Mere were lethal in the hands of a competent warrior. A Chief would rather be killed by his own Mere, than lose his life to another's in times of capture.

Nowadays, the mere symbolises the facing and overcoming of life's challenges and difficulties.

More about tulip wood

In New Zealand, Liriodendron tulipifera or tulip tree is commonly referred to as “NZ Tulip wood”. The tree is tall, handsome, fast-growing shade, ornamental or timber tree that forms a tall pyramidal crown.

The large saddle-shaped leaves are bright green and turn yellow in autumn. Small, yellow-green, tulip-like flowers are produced in spring at the branch tips.

Details wooden patu club

Size: 41cmx12.5cmx2cm
(16.14"x4.92"x0.79")

Or check out our large wahaika club

More information about Māori mere

A mere is a basic thrust weapon that was used to target the vital points of the body, especially the head and ribs. Skilled Māori warriors would give horizontal thrusts to the temple, or target the ribs with an upward thrust.

The mere pounamu was the most revered of all the Māori weapons, and some were even buried with the owner. Most, however, were passed along from one generation to another, along with the prestige of owning a weapon that a great warrior once held.