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Adze, Toki

Mahi whakairo

D21.883

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.

Juglet

Antiquities

E23.15

Juglet decorated with rows of cross-hatched triangles. White-Painted Ware. Middle Bronze Age. Approximately 2000-1600 BC

Pendant, He Kura

He kura

D32.718

Pendant, manufactured from broken rim of a china pottery. There is a perforation at the proper right corner of the proximal end. There is a floral blue and white pattern.

Fengcai with flower design. Reign marks naming the dynasty and the Emperor were first applied to Chinese ceramics during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). In later centuries, however, the reproduction of earlier reign marks - in recognition of the excellence of a type of ceramic in that period - also occurred. This mark refers to the period of the Qing dynasty (1874-1909).

Taiaha

Rākau o te riri

D32.1674

Complete taiaha. Human face carved on both sides of the proximal end. Rauru (spiral and notch) pattern carved on protruding tongue. Distal edge of the tongue tapers to a point; sides are flattened. Paua shell inlay is intact in three of four eyes. Cloth padding wrapped around the shaft below the carved faces; narrow strip of black cloth patterned with yellow dots and a larger piece of undecorated brown cloth. Cloth and remnants of bird quills are lashed on using plaited muka fibre. Tufts of white dog hair attached to plaited muka at the base of the shaft. Blade is undecorated and worked smooth, tapering to a slight point at the distal edge.

Experimental gold glazed vase

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Adze, Toki

Lesser frigate bird

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Pendant, He Kura

Dagger, Scabbard

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Taiaha

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Cup, Coffee, Saucer

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