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māhe

human history
  • Common Name
    sinker
  • Other Name

    sinker

  • Description

    sinker. Oval, water-rolled stone. Oval cross-section. Natural taper at one end of the long axis. Two broad faces. One surface is more convex than the other. Iron staining is evident on the broad face. A wide, shallow groove, runs the length of the long circumference, measuring 40mm at the widest point

  • Place
  • Associated Place
  • Accession Number
    1938.129
  • Accession Date
    1938
  • Other Id

    23901.9 (ethnology)

  • Department
mahe, 1938.129, 23901.9, Photographed by Awhina Kerr,… … Read more

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