Patu, Or Stone-Club
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Jun 1875
label: Collection Date
content: 1874 to 1875
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Edward Kershner
label: Collector
content: Transit Of Venus Expedition
label: Donor Name
content: Transit Of Venus Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "A EXCEPTIONALLY FINE EXAMPLE OF A MORIORI SCHIST PATU. FIGD. BY SKINNER AND BAUCKE, 1928, PL. 58, FIG. A, BISHOP MUS. MEM. VOL. 9. (LENGTH GIVEN INCORRECTLY.) TYPE SPECIMEN OF SKINNER'S PATU GROUP IV. TWO CARVED STYLISED HUMAN HEADS ON HANDLE, AND "BROW" MOTIF ON BLADE, CONCAVE TOWARDS DISTAL END. FACES ON HANDLE 32 MM IN LENGTH. BROW MOTIF 76 MM IN LENGTH."
label: Notes
content: Illus. Pl. 8, g, and described p. 26 in Keyes, Ian W. 1967. New Zealand Artifacts from the United States "Transit of Venus Expedition," 1874-1875. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, 2 (2). https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810223.2.2.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Maunganui, Chatham Island (Rēkohu, Wharekauri), Chatham Islands, New Zealand (Aotearoa), Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Moriori
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 003939
label: USNM Number
content: E17276-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Club
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 35 cm
label: Width - Object Blade
content: 11.1 cm
label: Width - Object Handle
content: 3.1 cm