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View full screenAdze haft, carved wood with a tiki figure, the eyes are inlaid with haliotis (paua) shell, attached to nephrite stone blade (A.1890.564) with fibre: Oceania, Polynesia, New Zealand, North Island, Eastern Bay of Plenty, Māori, early 19th century
A.1897.365
Unknown
Bay of Plenty Region, North Island, New Zealand, Polynesia
Early 19th century
Pacific Peoples
Māori
Wood, Haliotis (paua) shell, Fibre, Nephrite
Wood; upper end carved and pierced to represent a deity with gaping mouth and eyes of pearl shell
Facing the Sea (29 Jul 2011)
National Museum of Scotland
Idiens, Dale. 'Pacific Art in the Royal Scottish Museum' Edinburgh: Royal Scottish Museum Studies, 1982 p. 40 image and catalogue entry No. 43
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Obsidian kohl-pot, with the remains of textile wrapping below the neck : Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Qurna, 2nd Intermediate Period, 17th Dynasty, c.1585-1545 BC
Obsidian kohl-pot lid with a round central boss on the underside: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Qurna, 2nd Intermediate Period, 17th Dynasty, c.1585-1545 BC
Kohl-pot of Egyptian alabaster (travertine), lid with remains of textile attached: Ancient Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Qurna, 2nd Intermediate Period, 17th Dynasty, c.1585-1545 BC
Kohl-pot lid of Egyptian alabaster (travertine) : Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Qurna, 2nd Intermediate Period, 17th Dynasty, c.1585-1545 BC