56: The most unusual ones

Here is a collection of the most unusual Maori or pre-Maori artifacts and objects I have found since beginning an internet exploration of various museum archives in January. (click to enlarge)

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Dunedin Godstick 1

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Pendant Sth Westland

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Maukaki Pendant 1

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Clarence River a

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Old neck ornament

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small drawing

Fish 2

burila box

Kohi 1968

Whangamumu found on beach in 1885

Waiau bar

Waitotara Pendant

stone pendant from hamilton

Birthing stone found on northland famr

Kohiki Artefact

Pigment container carved with stone tools

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Found at Oaonui

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stone image

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Tongaporutu River carvings 4

Now these are not the usual items you would expect to see in a museum collection of Maori artifacts. In fact some you will never ever see on display and some no longer exist.