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A patu muka, Maori stone flax fibre pounder and a Greywacke…
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A patu muka, Maori stone flax fibre pounder and a Greywacke toki, Maori adze blade, the patu muka with greywacke ovoid body shape and short grip. Used in the preparation of muka by beating the fibres extracted from New Zealand flax (harakeke), to produce traditional Maori clothing, particularly cloaks. The leaves of the flax were scraped and the fibre stripped away, washed and bleached in the sun. It was then rolled into hanks which were beaten on a flat stone to soften the fibre. The weft was completed by finger twining to create the cloth, without a loom. National registration number: Y21005, length 21 cm, width 7 cm, diameter 7 cm. The adze blade made of greywacke, probably from Hauraki Gulf. Of flattened and tapered trapezoidal form. Lower end of adze curved suggesting this was previously the bevel. Bevel on back has straight well-defined chin, bevel angle steep. Evidence of having been used and re-sharpened many times. National registration number: Y21003, length 17 cm, width 7 cm, diameter 3 cm
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Tribal: New Zealand Maori