'Arā

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'Arā. Adze blade. Carved from a single piece of po’atu (stone). Grey in colour with red-orange colouring across the front of the blade and the underside of the poll. Overall surface treatment left flaked and unpolished. Triangular in cross-section. Reduced from shoulder to butt.

Accession number: 1935.196 Last Update: 15 Nov 2023
Other Name

Adze blade (English)

Place
Marquesas/French Polynesia/Pacific
Accession Number

1935.196

Accession Date

11 Jun 1935

Other Id

21871 (ethnology)

D33.1707 (Otago University Museum)

Department

Pacific

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adze, 1935.196, 21871, D33.1707, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 04 Jan 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
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