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māhe

human history
  • Common Name
    sinker
  • Other Name

    sinker

  • Description

    sinker. Oval shaped, water-rolled stone. Elongated oval cross-section. Two broad faces. A shallow groove runs the length of the long circumference. Groove varies in depth and width, measuring 17mm at widest point. Dark colouring and iron staining is present on the surface of the stone. Slight natural taper at one end of the long axis.

  • Place
    Wattle Bay/Manukau Heads/Auckland/New Zealand
  • Associated Place

    Wattle Bay/Manukau Heads/Auckland/New Zealand

  • Accession Number
    1938.129
  • Accession Date
    1938
  • Other Id

    23901.1 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Archaeology

māhe, 1938.129, 23901.1, Photographed by Awhina Kerr,… … Read more

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Images

  • māhe, 1938.129, 23901.1, Photographed by Awhina Kerr, digital, 17 Oct 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • māhe, 1938.129, 23901.1, Photographed by Awhina Kerr, digital, 17 Oct 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • māhe, 1938.129, 23901.1, Photographed by Awhina Kerr, digital, 17 Oct 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • māhe, 1938.129, 23901.1, Photographed by Awhina Kerr, digital, 17 Oct 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • mahe, 23901.1
  • mahe, 23901.1
  • mahe, 23901.1
  • mahe, 23901.1
  • mahe, 23901.1
  • sinker 23901.1
  • sinker 23901.1
  • sinker
  • sinker

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