Kotiate

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.

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