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nguru

human history
  • Other Name

    flute (English)

  • Description

    flute. nguru. Central bore hole, no evidence of fingerholes. Surface ground smooth. Circular striations inside bored hole, also reddish orange colour, either smearing of red kokowai or burnt. Some broken edges are burnished, possibly indicating some kind of use after breakage. Sampled by thin sectioning, no records available (not carried out by S. Best, pers. comm). Width at wide end 26 mm, width of chamber at wide end 19 mm Fine grained sedimentary stone.

    Both ends missing, body chipped.

  • Place
    New Zealand
  • Associated Place

    Coromandel/Coromandel District/Waikato/New Zealand

    Oruarangi Pa/Coromandel District/Waikato/New Zealand

  • Accession Number
    1933.379
  • Accession Date
    1933
  • Other Id

    19579.1 (ethnology)

    1805 (Taonga Database)

  • Department

    Archaeology

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  • nguru, 1933.379, 19579.1, 1805, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 13 Dec 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • nguru, 1933.379, 19579.1, 1805, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 13 Dec 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • nguru, 1933.379, 19579.1, 1805, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 13 Dec 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • nguru, 1933.379, 19579.1, 1805, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 13 Dec 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • nguru, 1933.379, 19579.1, 1805, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 13 Dec 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • nguru, 1933.379, 19579.1, 1805, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 13 Dec 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • nguru, 1933.379, 19579.1, 1805, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 13 Dec 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • nguru, 1933.379, 19579.1, 1805, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 13 Dec 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • nguru, 1933.379, 19579.1, 1805, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 13 Dec 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • flute 19579.1
  • flute 19579.1
  • flute 19579.1
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