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Object Name |
Patu muka [pestle or beater] |
Description |
Patu muka - pounder or pestle for softening flax fibre. Basic faceting into four sides. Waist at butt end. Unusually small, suggesting intended to be portable. End has distinct patina, presumably resulting from use. |
Search Terms |
Okains Bay Little Akaloa |
Subjects |
Maori Stone Tools |
Provenance |
One of two taonga found either at Okains Bay or Little Akaloa (vicinity) by Freddie Waldron who lived at Okains Bay. (Unknown if found separately or together.) Waldron gave the taonga to the donor when he was a boy. Donated by Maurice Richie. |
Web Rights |
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/ |
Catalog Number |
2025.14.2 |
Credit line |
Gift of Maurice Richie |