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HammerC1166

Simple grey stone with an elongated oval shape tapering into a grip-like feature. Both ends rounded

Culture
Maori
Material
stone
Made in
Taranaki, New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PounderC1167

A light grey stone with a long club shape, rounded at the bottom from which it tapers to the handle where it is terminated with a roughly carved head.

Culture
Maori
Material
vesicular lava stone
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MortarC1168

A rough grey stone with a rounded elongated oval shape, with a rounded protrusion at one end. Stone has a small, shallow hollow in the top centre.

Culture
Maori
Material
stone
Made in
Opunake, Taranaki, New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombC1077

A handle which tapers to a simple finial that has three horizontal carved rings underneath. Ten long teeth fan outward radially. Twisted fibre cord is coiled around the middle.

Culture
Maori
Material
fibre and bamboo grass
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PendantC1177

Pendant in the shape of a stylized female figure (hei tiki) with geometric patterns. The figure's head is tilting to her right. The circular eyes are inlaid with abalone (paua). The figure's right arm is at the waist; the left arm is at the face; legs are crossed. Four holes are bored through the figure, two at the arms and two at the legs. An off-white cord threads through the two arm holes; the cord closes with an bone screw clasp.

Culture
Maori
Material
abalone shell, whale bone and silk fibre ?
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagC1298

Square woven flax bag with geometric designs in yellow and natural colour; weaving pattern in X-like design. The reverse side has vertical strips of fibre, a few in yellow; plain bands of weaving run horizontally. Along the sides are thick layers of yellow and natural coloured fringe. The top has two thin twisted handles with tassels.

Culture
Maori
Material
flax fibre
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagC1299

Rectangular woven flax bag with geometric designs in yellow and natural colour; weaving has an X-like shape. The underside is undecorated. Along the sides are thick layers of fringe. The top has two thin twisted handles with tassels.

Culture
Maori
Material
flax fibre and dye
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtC968

Skirt composed of strands of alternating beaten and unbeaten flax stalks forming a horizontal striped pattern where the unbeaten stalks are a light yellow colour, and the beaten segments are a dark brown colour. The stalks hang from a woven waistband dyed dark brown, with off-white triangle and parallelogram designs. Braided ties at ends of waistband.

Culture
Maori
Material
fibre, new zealand flax fibre and dye
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadbandC969

Woven band made from a long strip of palm leaf, with two shades of material inter-woven into a geometric pattern.

Culture
Maori
Material
palm leaf
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BallC970

Stuffed oval-shaped grass ball with a short flax fringe in orange, and natural. Attached to a long cord with a flax tassel.

Culture
Maori
Material
raupo grass and new zealand flax fibre
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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