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human history
  • Kupu whakaahua

    hafted shell adze with human faces carved on haft. decorative coconut lashing. Terebra shell blade. NOT illustrated in 'Polynesian Artifacts' but in 'The Art of Melanesia' QEII Arts Council

  • Wāhi
    Vanuatu/Melanesia/Pacific
  • Accession Number
    1950.128
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    04 Jul 1950
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    31495 (ethnology)

    692 (Oldman Collection)

  • Wāhanga

    Pacific

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