Context (CMS Context)
Amiria Salmond, 2.08.2001: It is likely that the inscription 'MERE' on both artefacts refers not to a place name but to an (erroneous) indigenous term for the objects. A mere is a type of handclub.

Record checked and revised by Amiria Salmond (2001.08.02).
Event Date 19/12/2013
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [handwritten in blue ink:] '51.415 A-B Oceania Polynesia New Zealand. Two fine ['jade' crossed through in blue ball point and replaced with 'nephrite'] adzes or axes, highly polished. A = 6" ['(15cms)' added in blue ball point] Pointed butt. B = Length 3 3/4" ['(9 1/2 cms)' added in blue ball point] Pointed butt. Both from Mere. d.d. Sedgwick Museum. February 1951.' [Red circular sticker bottom right of card; black and white photograph showing 2 objects labelled 1951.415 A-B attached to back of card.]
Event Date 19/12/2013
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
One of two adzes or axes of highly polished nephrite with pointed butts.
Event Date 19/12/2013
Author: maa