Te tanai
human history
Te tanai. Hafted adze tool. This is a fractured part of an adze blade. It is the widest part of the blade. The top surface has been smoothed. The furrowed lines of te aubunga (tridacna gigas; clam shell) exterior still remains across the convex surface. The fractured side is defined by layers of nicks. It varies in grey tones with an underlying off-white colour. The base side edges of the blade is smooth. It is an off-white colour with some light blue tones across the side areas. A crack line runs across the centre area.
Nama tāpiringa: 1936.295 Whakahounga o Mua: 30 Nov 2018
- 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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Hafted adze tool
Wiin te tanai
- Momo Ingoa Kē
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- Kupu whakaahua
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- Wāhi
- Beru/Gilbert Islands/Kiribati
- 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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1936.295
- Rā Tāpiringa
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1936
- Tohu Tuakiri Kē
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23985.4 (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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