Accession No
1948.2579 C
Description
Tool - One of three stone files, used for cutting greenstone and other purposes.
Place
Oceania; Polynesia; Aotearoa New Zealand; ?Auckland; ?Waiuku
Period
Source
Vaile; Auckland Institute and Museum [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1948.2579 C
Cultural Affliation
Māori
Material
Stone
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
The location is more likely to be Waiuku since Waikuku is on the South Island near Christchurch and Waiuku is near Auckland. The origin and place fields have been amended to reflect this. Somerville. J. 9/3/2009.
Event Date 19/12/2013
Author: Heather Donoghue
Context (CMS Context)
Amiria Salmond, 22.06.2001: "Waikuku" might rather be "Waiuku"; Label affixed to object C: 'Vaile Coll.'
Record checked and revised by Amiria Salmond, (2001.06.22).
Event Date 19/12/2013
Author: Heather Donoghue
Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [handwritten in black ink:] '48.2579 A-C New Zealand. Three stone files used for cutting greenstone & other purposes. Waikuku [sic], near Auckland. Auckland Museum. Exchange.' [Red circular sticker bottom right of card; black and white photograph of 3 objects labelled 1948.2579 A-C attached to back of card.]
Event Date 19/12/2013
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
One of three stone files, used for cutting greenstone and other purposes.
Event Date 19/12/2013
Author: maa
FM:267422
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