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Vase

Ceramics

F2008.148

Whare whakairo, Pou tokomanawa

Taoka Maori

D10.203

Complete poutokamanawa (carved building component) made of totara. Realistic (not stylized) male figure, painted red with white on eyes and mouth and black irises and moko. Earlobes have perforations for pendants. Grooved comb protruding from head. Five-fingered hands rest on lower abdomen. Body with clavicles and rib cage suggested but body otherwise plain. No genitals depicted. Sawn off just above the ankles and attached to a black painted base.

Bottle

Antiquities

E35.5

Oinochoe

Antiquities, Archaeology

E25.2

Wine jug (oinochoe) from South Italy. The roughly painted decoration is of a woman's head and a large stylised palm-leaf (palmette). Attributed to a group of artists now known as the Circle of the Painter of the Naples 2585 vase. Approximately 325-300 BC

Pot

Antiquities

E26.38

Pot

Antiquities, Archaeology

E24.47

Adze, Toki

Taoka Maori

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.

Figurine

Antiquities, Archaeology

E29.2

Lekythos

Antiquities

E30.202

Patu onewa, Cast

Taoka Maori

D21.1084

Cast of a patu onewa. Painted mid-grey on one side and black on the other. Butt flares out slightly on each side. Shoulders where the butt meets the blade. About mid-way down the blade, one side tapers in to the distal end. The other side of the blade is straight.