Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Chisel, Tattooing, Uhi
Complete tattoo chisel, though unfinished. Deep reduction at end of hafting edge, from perforation drilled though and then lengthened. Cutting edge is blunt and curved, with grooves that would become teeth.
Provenance Place:
Unlocalised, New Zealand
D27.498
Details
- Provenance Place
- Unlocalised, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Unlocalised, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 53.5 x 4.9 x 2mm
- Collection
- John White Collection
- Credit Line
- Rev Neil White
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D27.498
- On Display
- No
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