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at the Pitt Rivers Museum

1886.1.1150

PRM000011401Hand-weapon, patou pounamu, of nephrite, from New Zealand; part of the Forster collection (Forster 115; 1886.1.1150)

Hand-weapon, patu pounamu, of nephrite. The stone from which the weapon is carved has several major flaws in it, notably at the handle end and on the flat part of the blade on both sides. On one side are two grooves, one on the edge of the body and one on the edge of the handle; these are possibly saw marks

 

  PRM000095134Hand-weapon, side 1 (with scale)
PRM000095135Hand-weapon, side 2 (with scale)
PRM0001296975179Ashmolean label
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