Accession No
1891.74
Description
Small, polished celt or adze of basalt
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Vanuatu; Epi
Period
Source
Feilden, Henry Wemyss (Colonel) [donor]; Nares.G; Challenger Expedition
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1891.74; MAA: Z 5445; AR 1892.104
Cultural Affliation
?Māori
Material
Stone; Basalt
Local Term
Toki
Measurements
37mm x 12mm x 80mm
Events
Description (CMS Description)
Small, polished celt of basalt
Event Date 2/7/1993
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
'Accession Register adds: "Note attached "From Api Island, New Hebrides Group. Challenger Exp From Sir G Nares".' S-J Harknett 25/8/2004'
Event Date 25/8/2004
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'E 1891.74. POLYNESIA ?New Zealand. Celt. [asterisk] Col. H.W. Feilden. R 1892.104.'; [later addition in blue ball point:] 'small polished celt of basalt (The Challenger Expedition).'
Event Date 26/3/2013
Author: Heather Donoghue
FM:98011
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