Yame ni Matau
human history
Yame ni Matau. Adze blade. Yame ni Matau (the tongue of the adze), is Yame ni Matau (the tongue of the adze), is carved from vatu (stone), dark grey in colour, with an oval cross-section, with a dull cutting edge, moderately shallow bevel, and with a flat blade that is rounded at the sides. Yame ni Matau has a high level polish all over, with flaking visible at the cutting edge, with the poll and butt left pecked.
Whakahounga o Mua: 3 May 2019
- Collection Area
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- Te reo Name
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- Ingoa Kōrero Noa
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- Ingoa Kē
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Adze blade (English)
- Momo Ingoa Kē
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- Kupu whakaahua
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- Wāhi
- Fiji
- Wāhi Hāngai
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- Field Collection Place
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- Wāhi Whāiti Taketake i Kohia ai
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- Rā Kohinga
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- Rā i Kohia i te Wāhi Taketake
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- Accession Number
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- Rā Tāpiringa
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1886
- Tohu Tuakiri Kē
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11695 (ethnology)
- Momo Tohu Tuakiri Kē
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- Wāhanga
- Rūma Whakaatu
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- Herenga
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- Momo
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