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Hei whakaatu
human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    bronze

  • Kupu whakaahua

    adze, or hatchet - bronze age [1000-100BC] shouldered. Open socket on both sides in haft area. Socket is 62mm length. Blade flares out from socket to cutting edge, 90mm length. Cutting edge convex and 70mm wide. Wear or corrosion near the cutting edge.

  • Wāhi
    England
  • Accession Number
    1950.120
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    31677.1 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga

    Archaeology

  • Rūma Whakaatu

    applied arts west, decorative arts, Ancient Worlds

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  • adze, hatchet, 1950.120, 31677.1, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • adze, hatchet, 1950.120, 31677.1, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • adze, hatchet, 1950.120, 31677.1, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • adze, hatchet, 1950.120, 31677.1, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 24 Aug 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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