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Te Kohinga Taoka Māori

Collection Record

Chisel, Whao

Piece of straight, hollow bone, broken at one end. The other end has been worked to a dull point. Just below the point, the bone is cracked and bound with a piece of twine. There is a pencil marking about two-thirds of the way down the shaft from the point.

Provenance Place:
Little Papanui, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand

D30.504

Details

Measurements
147.5 x 10 x 8.8mm
Media/Materials
bone, animal, organic
Credit Line
Teviotdale Collection
Rights
All rights reserved
Department
Taoka Maori
Accession Number
D30.504
On Display
No

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