| Object Number |
29-93-13 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Culture |
Maori |
| Provenience |
New Zealand |
| Section |
Oceanian |
| Materials |
Greenstone | Wood | Shell |
| Description |
Greenstone blade; wooden handle with carved human figure (three-fingered hands, stuck-out tongue, eyes inlaid with abalone shell) at back and carved human face on inside of shaft, under blade. Toki poutangata. Carried by a high-ranking person on ceremonial occasions |
| Length |
43 cm |
| Width |
32.5 cm |
| Credit Line |
Purchased from the Estate of George Byron Gordon, 1927 |
| Other Number |
GBG - Other Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
| Hall, Henry U. "Maori Wood Carving and Moko." The Museum Journal 11, no. 4. (1920): 212-244. See: p. 235 (Fig. 102); p. 237 (Fig. 104) |
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| Pacific cultures, Department of Fine Arts, Division of Pacific Cultures. San Francisco: Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939. See: Pg. 128, No. 22, Plate I |
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| Guide to the Collections, The University Museum. Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1965. See: p. 134 (bottom) |
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| Simmons, D. R. Catalogue of Maori Artefacts in the Museums of Canada and the United States of America. Auckland: Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 1982. See: Pl. 240 |
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