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One of three carved wooden boxes collected by C W Nockells. This one is oval, decorated with elaborate relief carving, spirals on body of box and lid. Handle at each end in the form of a female figure, body carved in low relief and the head as a free…

Neck-pendant, obverse represents figure with eyes inlaid with mother of pearl, cord in plaited vegetable fibre, toggle made of bird bone and decorated with incised hatching. Inscription: Label, ink, back: The E Tiki or Heir loom of the New…

Carving in ivory, from Burma. Heavily carved with animal/mythical head at the top, birds and other animals, and some of the detail is filled with black to accentuate the outlines. Hollow at the base as if to fit over a staff. Inscription: in faded…

Three pieces of carved ivory, tied together, with anthropomorphic decoration. Michie (1887) describes this as a 'Piece of carved bone from Otaheite', Reid (1912) as 'Work of art in elaborately carved ivory', Hunt (1981) as a 'Fly-whisk handle'.

Carved wooden object. Michie (1887) describes this as a dirk, Reid (1912) as a dagger, Hunt (1981) as a weaving peg. Inscription: In ink on the point in cursive style: New Zealand dirk

Flute in carved wood, was described by Nockells as a 'nose instrument'. Carved decoration of faces (3, and in relief).

A large wooden spear or club.

Steel bladed knife or kukri, with handle in wood and leather sheath. Label on sheath, with number 152. Used by Gurkhas of Nepal. One of six listed in Reid's 1912 Catalogue. Inscription: handwritten label on sheath: Cookerai from Nepal. Presented 1821…

One of two bottle/jar fragments, in blown glass with a ribbed handle. Found in tumulus.

Vase in baked red clay. Three lugs around rim, one broken. Shallow dish-shaped on pedestal base. Used for burning incense. Inscription: Old label: Vase for burning incense - Babylonian