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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
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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