Ceremonial Adze
| Object Number: | 29-93-13 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Maori |
| Provenience: | New Zealand |
| Section: | Oceanian |
| Materials: | Greenstone Wood Shell |
| Length: | 43 cm |
| Width: | 32.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from the Estate of George Byron Gordon, 1927 |
| Other Number: | GBG - Other Number |
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
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Discovering the Past: Highlights from the University Museum (IBM) (20 Jun 1989 - 20 Aug 1989) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Article] Hall, Henry U. 1920. "Maori Wood Carving and Moko". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 11. no. 4. pg. 212-244 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 235 (Fig. 102); p. 237 (Fig. 104) | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] 1939. Pacific cultures, Department of Fine Arts, Division of Pacific Cultures.. San Francisco. Golden Gate International Exposition. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 128, No. 22, Plate I | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Collection] 1965. Guide to the Collections, The University Museum.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. pg. 1-167 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 134 (bottom) | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue] Simmons, D. R. 1982. Catalogue of Maori Artefacts in the Museums of Canada and the United States of America.. Auckland. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pl. 240 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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