Ethnography (E1100)

Plaster cast of red volcanic stone sculpture of Matuatonga, the god of harvest who promotes the fertility of the kumara crops on the Island of Mokoia in Lake Rotorua.

Ethnography (E1103)

Lengths of plaited human hair fixed into a bundle or hank and secured together at one point.

Ethnography (E1104)

Carving, head of a Maori woman made of kauri gum carrying a child on her back and showing her moko (facial tattoo).

Ethnography (E1113)

Adze made of a polished pounamu (greenstone) blade and a carved wooden haft with shell inlay. Blade secured in place with vegetable fibre cord.

Ethnography (E1114.a)

Polished stone adze blade, sharpened to edge.

Ethnography (E1114.b)

Polished stone adze blade, sharpened to edge.

Ethnography (E1114.c)

Polished stone adze blade, sharpened to edge.

Ethnography (E1115)

Adze blade made of a polished stone blade, four sided, sharpened to an edge, chipped.

Ethnography (E1116)

Adze blade made of a polished stone blade, four sided, sharpened to an edge, chipped.

Ethnography (E1121.a)

Worked flake of obsidian.

Ethnography (E1121.b)

Worked flake of obsidian.

Ethnography (E1121.c)

Worked flake of obsidian.

Ethnography (E1122.a)

Woven bag (kete muka) consisting of two bags made of procesed harakeke (New Zealand flax) joined together at the top with a plaited handle and a fringe around the edge. One of the bags contains a small ornamental bow in blue and natural coloured fibre.

Ethnography (E1122.b)

Woven bag (kete muka). Rectangular bag with flap, made of brown and natural coloured and processed harakeke (New Zealand flax), with a lining. Plaited handle, two tassels and a fringe.

Ethnography (E1122.c)

Woven bag (kete muka) made of processed harakeke (New Zealand flax), oval in shape, with wide fringe around the whole circumference. Purple stitching.

Ethnography (E1122.d)

Bag made of unprocessed harakeke (New Zealand flax), for maize with plaited handles.

Ethnography (E1123)

Paua (haliotis) shell in its natural form, used for making fishhooks

Ethnography (E1124.a)

Fish hook made of wood, bone, paua (haliotis) shell and vegetable fibre cord. A break in the shell and an indigenous repair.

Ethnography (E1124.b)

Fish hook made of wood, bone, paua (haliotis) shell and vegetable fibre cord.

Ethnography (E1124.c)

Fish hook made of wood, bone, paua (haliotis) shell and vegetable fibre cord.

Ethnography (E1124.d)

Fish hook made of paua (haliotis) shell and vegetable fibre cord.

Ethnography (E1124.e)

Fish hook made of paua (haliotis) shell and vegetable fibre cord.

Ethnography (E1137)

Goatskin mat?

Ethnography (E1143)

Net sinker made of stone, water-worn pebble with two holes bore through it.

Ethnography (E1998)

Fish hook (p? kahawai) made of wood, paua (haliotis) shell, bone and vegetable fibre.

Ethnography (E2329)

Model war canoe made of wood, vegetable fibre, and paua (haliotis) shell inlay, with paddles and bailers. Length 2m 57cm approx

Ethnography (E3965)

Basket made of woven fibre with handle.

Ethnography (E3971.a)

Worked flake of obsidian.

Ethnography (E3971.b)

Worked flake of obsidian.

Ethnography (E3971.c)

Worked flake of obsidian.

Ethnography (E3971.d)

Worked flake of obsidian.

Ethnography (E3971.e)

Worked flake of obsidian.

Ethnography (E3972.a)

Worked flake of stone.

Ethnography (E3972.b)

Worked flake of stone.

Ethnography (E3972.c)

Worked flake of stone.

Ethnography (E3972.d)

Worked flake of stone.

Ethnography (E4450)

Carving, head of a Maori man made of kauri gum, showing his moko (facial tattoo)

Ethnography (E4723)

Paddle made of carved and polished wood, flat-faced with Janus-like faces at the butt end.

Ethnography (E4848)

Long club (tewhatewha) made of wood, with feathers (now missing) and inlaid with paua (haliotis) shell discs (only six remaining) Carving all over.

Ethnography (E5368)

Woven bag (kete muka) made of natural harakeke (New Zealand flax), and dyed fibres in red, green and yellow with fringe along three sides. A plaited handle for carrying. The bag contains lots of natural and dyed fibre strands,