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Yellow-nosed mollymawk

Thalassarche chlororhynchos

AV3318

Salvin's Prion

Pachyptila salvini

AV3542

Australasian gannet

Morus serrator

AV4489

Buller's mollymawk

Thalassarche bulleri

AV5029

Black-winged petrel

Pterodroma nigripennis

AV5130

Lesser frigate bird

Fregata ariel

AV5700

Southern giant petrel

Macronectes giganteus

AV8224

Dagger, Scabbard

World

D02.6

Scabbard

World

D05.51

Machete

World

D06.11

Necklace

World

D06.14

Necklace of ovoid iron beads

Girdle

World

D06.15

Bell

World

D06.18

Kahawai Lure

Taoka Māori

D10.106

Complete kahawai lure. Curved wooden shank with notches at head and base for lashings. White iridescent shell inlay, broken near the centre. Muka lashings at head and base. Twisted cord attached at head with a nail sticking out of the cord. Some feathers attached to muka at the base. Curved bone point with internal barb.

Kahawai Lure

Taoka Māori

D10.108

Complete kahawai lure. Curved wooden shank with notches at head and base for lashings. White iridescent shell inlay. Muka lashings at head and base. Twisted cord attached at head. Straight iron point with internal barb.

Koruru, Whare whakairo

Mahi whakairo

D15.5

Wooden carved wheku/koruru. Painted dark red and carved with a rauponga (grooves and notches) pattern around the figure's mouth, nostrils, and top of the forehead. Paua shell inlaid into slanted eyes. Distal end comes to a point, indicating a protruding tongue; five teeth depicted. Two perforations at the mouth. Back side has a piece of wood protruding as well as two metal hooks tied with wire for suspension.

Barracouta Lure

Taoka Māori

D19.168

Complete barracouta lure, no lashing remaining. Wooden shank with nail forming the point. Nail is curved and rusted, coming to a sharp point. The shank is complete, with a lashing groove at the head.

Pātītīi

Rākau o te riri

D21.418

Complete patiti with iron axe-head and wooden handle. Surface of the handle is smooth. The butt flares out slightly, with a flattened edge and a straight drilled perforation. Sides of the handle are reduced at the distal end, where the axe-head is attached. Surface of the axe-head is somewhat rusted, with a stamp mark on one side. Blade flares out with a curved, sharp cutting edge.

Adze, Toki

Kā taputapu

D21.880

Complete iron adze or axe head. Cross-section is rectangular. Cutting edge is sharp and curved with a small chip missing from the proper right side corner. The sides reduce from the cutting edge to the poll end. Poll is further reduced on the proper left side edge of the poll.

Adze, Toki

Kā taputapu

D21.881

Complete iron adze or axe head. Cross-section is rectangular. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. The sides reduce from the cutting edge to the poll end.