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Mere pounamu

On display
human history
  • Common Name
    club
    short club
  • Other Name

    club (English)

  • Description

    This mere, greenstone club, is made from medium green pounamu with lighter patches throughout. The blade tapers to a very narrow grip that has an countersunk wrist-cord hole and four worn grooves on the butt. The stone is polished.

  • Accession Number
    1935.228
  • Accession Date
    1935
  • Other Id

    21996 (ethnology)

    147/32 (accession number)

    17363 (ethnology)

    1435 (Taonga Database)

  • Department

    Māori

  • Display Room

    Maori Hall Central Court

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Artefact

  • Display location

    Maori Hall Central Court

  • Last Update
    02 Dec 2020
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