Shell blade lashed to a wooden heft

Made:
New Zealand
Shell blade lashed to a wooden heft, Maori, New Zealand

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Shell blade lashed to a wooden heft, Maori, New Zealand
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Shell blade lashed to a wooden heft, Maori, New Zealand

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A232884
Materials:
shell, wood and cord
type:
tattooing chisels
credit:
Glendining