Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Heru iwi, Comb
Broken bone comb, head remaining. Previously broken in two pieces and glued back together. Proximal end is rounded. A bird's head figure with eye and beak indicated is carved on proper left side. Part of beak has broken off and a repair piece has been glued on. Distal end has vertical cut marks indicating ten or eleven broken teeth. Another horizontal cut mark runs just above the left side set of teeth on both the front and back.
Provenance Place:
Waipapa Landing, Kaikōura District, Canterbury, New Zealand
D57.425
Details
- Provenance Place
- Waipapa Landing, Kaikōura District, Canterbury, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 72 x 43 x 4mm
- Credit Line
- George Hornsey
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori, Archaeology
- Accession Number
- D57.425
- On Display
- No
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