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Object Number
47-54-70/2605
Display Title
Whale bone wahaika
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Club, carved anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures, inlay paua eyes
Classification
- Club
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1890-1900
Culture
- Maori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Zealand
Additional Geographic Terms
Taranaki
Materials
Whalebone , Paua , Wax
Dimensions
Overall: 31.2 x 11.2 x 1.9 cm (12 5/16 x 4 7/16 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
47-54-70/2605 / D.24.996 / Napier
Provenance
Exchange participant
Otago Museum
(1947)
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