Canoe baler

Description

Wooden object with rectangular blade with raised rim at sides and short spatulate handle, carved from the solid, possibly a canoe baler or spade: New Zealand, Waikato District, dug out of a swamp at Tahuna, before 1760

Museum reference

A.1930.394

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Canoe baler, Spade

Production information

Tahuna, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, Polynesia

Date

Pre 1760

Style / Culture

Māori

Materials

Wood

Physical description

Wood; carved from the solid

Exhibitions

• Facing the Sea (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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