A rare Maori stone flax beater

PATU MUKA, 18TH CENTURY

细节
A rare Maori stone flax beater
Patu muka, 18th century
Of basaltic stone and oval section, thick grip and grooved butt
10½in. (26.5cm.) long
来源
Captain William Greet, collected circa 1850.
James T. Hooper, no. 97, from Admiral Greet, Horsham, 1933
出版
Phelps, 1976, p.57, pl.25