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Sculpture

Ceramics

F96.53

Plate

Ceramics

F36.44

Oinochoe

Antiquities

E28.86

Wine jug (oinochoe). A boy is depicted playing a lyre to a woman while a satyr, a mythical creature, moves off to the right. There are traces of white paint on the woman. Women are conventionally portrayed as having white skin on Greek vases.

Figurine

Antiquities

E35.301

Pot

World

E28.123

Lamp

Antiquities

E35.255

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.

Figure, Animal

Ceramics

F43.24

Stylus

Antiquities

E26.68

Patu onewa

Rākau o te riri

D10.148

Complete patu onewa. Long, narrow blade with a longitudinal ridge. Pronounced shoulders where the blade meets the handle. Handle flares out at the butt, with a perforation drilled from both sides. Sides of the butt are squared off and the proximal edge has a broken perforation.

Stone, Oven

Taoka Māori

D2002.1

Set of fire oven stones.

Adze, Toki

Mahi whakairo

D21.1309

Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. The surface of the blade is mostly ground, with some flaking. There is a large flake scar on the back of the blade. The surface of the butt is bruised, with flaking. Major differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is concave, cutting edge is sharp and curved, large fragment missing from proper left side.

Celt, Axe

Antiquities

E36.262

Pyxis

Antiquities

E28.87

Lekythos

Antiquities

E23.9

One-handled jug (squat lekythos). This has a simple decoration of impressed lines and semi-circles in a petal pattern. 450-400 BC

One-piece fishhook, Matau

Whakarite kai

D23.93

Complete one-piece bone fishhook. There is notching along the exterior length from the head to the tip. The tip is sharp. The bottom of the shank has a knob that is notched into three. There is a knob on teh head which is notched into three.

Figure, Animal

Antiquities

E35.319

Cup & Saucer

Ceramics

D62.2885

Cup & Saucer

Ceramics

D62.2886

Electrotype, Cup

Antiquities

X2020.168