Tanged Adze
date: label: Accession Date
content: 10 Mar 1964
label: Collection Date
content: 1880
name: label: Collector
content: John Bell
label: Donor Name
content: Smithsonian Institution
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Wedge shaped of grey slate, slightly chipped off at the back end. Said to be of Eastern Polynesia type, distinguished by the tang; later Maori types lacked this feature. Ref. Duff: "Moa Hunters". When brought in by Dr. G.A. Cooper, Paleontology Div. 5/20/50, the specimen had a tag on it saying "Found in a field near Gore N. Zealand, about 1880, by John Bell, Trocadero 18, Habana." Transferred from Archaeology, March 1964."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Gore (near), South Island (Te Waipounamu) / Southland, New Zealand (Aotearoa), Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Prehistoric Maori
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 252459
label: USNM Number
content: E402211-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adze
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 19.9 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: 5.8 cm