adze
human history
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
Nama tāpiringa: 1950.128 Whakahounga o Mua: 9 Jun 2026
- 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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- Momo Ingoa Kē
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- Kupu whakaahua
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- Wāhi
- Vanuatu
- 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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1950.128
- Rā Tāpiringa
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04 Jul 1950
- Tohu Tuakiri Kē
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31495 (ethnology)
692 (Oldman Collection)
- 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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12 Mātātuhi
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