Sword Stick
Description
A sword stick with bamboo cane shaft, brass ferrule with an iron tip at the base, and a tin band at the top. Sword has a 67cm long, thin, tapering blade grooved at the top, a curved wooden handle, and a tin ring where handle joins the blade. " Hone Pihama " is marked on the ring.
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This
sword
stick
originally
belonged
to
Hone
Pihama
Te
Rei
Hanataua,
a
Ngati
Ruanui
leader,
coach
proprietor,
hotel
proprietor
and
land
developer.
Researcher
Ian
Church
notes
"
Hone
Pihama
played
a
controversial
role
in
Taranaki
affairs
in
the
1870s
and
1880s.
But
through
his
political
and
business
activities
he
left
his
own
people
better
provided
for
materially
than
any
others
in
Taranaki."
Source: Ian Church. 'Te Rei Hanataua, Hone Pihama - Biography', from the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Sep-10
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/biographies/2t28/1
Source: Ian Church. 'Te Rei Hanataua, Hone Pihama - Biography', from the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Sep-10
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/biographies/2t28/1
Accession number
A83.508
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