A pre- European Maori stone sinker, with carved incipient head,…
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A pre- European Maori stone sinker, with carved incipient head, Y16342. Provenance: Found on a beach in Tauranga in the 1920s.

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  • Pre-European - As applied to New Zealand Maori artifacts, the artifact dates to before Captain Cook (1760s and earlier)

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