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BladeC1136

A smooth dark stone that has a flat oblong rectangular shape with one side slightly curving convexly while tapering at an angle and the other side curving convexly to a point, creating an edge at one end which is more flared than the other end.

Culture
Maori
Material
stone
Made in
Hawera, New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BladeC955 b

A fairly smooth black stone that has a short flat oblong rectangular shape with one side flat tapering at an angle to a point and the other side slightly curving convexly to a point, creating an edge at one end which is more flared than the other end. Several rough spots.

Culture
Maori
Material
stone
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BladeC1146

A smooth black stone that has a flat oblong rectangular shape with one side relatively flat curving slightly to a point and the other side curving convexly tapering at an angle, creating an edge at one end which is more flared than the other end.

Culture
Maori
Material
stone
Made in
Auckland, New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BladeC1130

Blade made of green and grey jade. Object has a flat rectangular shape with both sides slightly curving convexly, and slightly tapering at an angle, creating an edge at one end which is slightly more flared than the other rougher end.

Culture
Maori
Material
nephrite mineral
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Short ClubC1131

A flat green-blue jade club with a paddle-like shape and a small handle with a hole in the middle.

Culture
Maori
Material
nephrite mineral
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC1008

A brown wood club with a fiddle-like shape and a cylindrical handle that has a large knob at the end. Both sides are carved with a similarly bilaterally symmetrical and geometrically stylized designed face which has circular inlaid shell eyes. The headdress of one, however, has three horizontal sections of vertical patterning while the headdress of the other has v-shaped patterning with a vertical line down along the middle.

Culture
Maori
Material
shell and wood
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC1301

Stylized human figure flat brown wood club with a paddle-like shape. One side is carved with elaborate geometric patterns all over the body, two circular inlaid abalone shell eyes, an open oval mouth with the tongue hanging out to slightly to its right side, and the two hands clasped together at the front holding an abalone shell object. The other side is carved with a log-like house on the top with an abalone shell inlaid star and crescent moon above on either sides, a diamond-shaped inlaid abalone shell in the middle, and a face at the bottom with oval inlaid abalone shell eyes slanting diagonally downward toward the small nose, below which, there is an open oval mouth with the tongue hanging out slightly to its left side, underneath which, a paddle and a spear cross with a sitting figure to their left side. There is a flat handle.

Culture
Maori
Material
abalone shell and wood
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BallC1311

Poi ball. Stuffed palm leaf ball with fringe in orange, yellow, blue, and natural colours. Long cord attached to top of ball.

Culture
Maori
Material
flax fibre, palm leaf and paper
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FluteC90

Two pieces of brown wood lashed together with fibre near each end. There is a face at the open hollow end with downward slanted shell eyes toward the small nose. A sideways figure-eight open mouth has perpendicular lines around the lips and two vertically curved features equally spaced within. Bilaterally symmetrical pattern of spirals with a somewhat heart-shaped open hole toward the middle of the body. Decorated with a diamond-shaped shell, a vertical oval-shaped shell, and a circular shell near toward the bottom end which has a rounded knob.

Culture
Maori ?
Material
wood, shell and fibre
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoxC1277 a-b

A small dark brown-black finished wood box with a rectangular shape. The lid (part b) slides vertically off of the top of the box (part a). The box has intricate geometric triangular patterns. The lid is carved with a human figure (tiki) that has an elaborate headdress, a pair of two long grooves slanting diagonally downward toward the short angular nose, circular shell eyes, a compressed heart-shaped mouth opening to show the tongue, spirals on the shoulders, geometric patterns on the body, and three-fingered hands resting under the belly.

Culture
Maori
Material
shell and wood
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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