Object name: Utukema blade / Collector: Bronislaw Malinowski / Donor: Bronislaw Malinowski - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Utukema blade, accession number 11-40523, described as Blade; gray stone, lightly streaked; polishing on both sides; length 8 cm. Used for cutting away small scrub when the soil was cleared for gardens. Possibly a planing blade worn out from long use. Inserted in axe-shaped and adze-shaped handles indiscriminately. Archaeological patination. Native name: utukema (attributed). Made of metamorphosed basalt.

Hearst Museum object titled Utukema blade, accession number 11-40390, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Utukema blade, accession number 11-40388, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Utukema blade, accession number 11-40531, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Utukema blade, accession number 11-40391, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Utukema blade, accession number 11-40515, described as Blade; gray stone; both sides polished; length 6 cm. Used for cutting away small scrub when the soil was cleared for gardens. Possibly a planing blade worn out from long use. Inserted in axe-shaped and adze-shaped handles indiscriminately. Archaeological patination. Native name: utukema (attributed). Made of metamorphosed basalt.

Hearst Museum object titled Utukema blade, accession number 11-40525, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Utukema blade, accession number 11-40509, described as Blade; gray stone, streaked; polishing on both sides; length 8 cm. Used for cutting away small scrub when the soil was cleared for gardens. Possibly a planing blade worn out from long use. Inserted in axe-shaped and adze-shaped handles indiscriminately. Archaeological patination. Native name: utukema (attributed). Made of metamorphosed basalt.

Hearst Museum object titled Utukema blade, accession number 11-40510, described as Blade; dark gray stone, streaked; polishing on both sides; length 9 cm. Used for cutting away small scrub when the soil was cleared for gardens. Possibly a planing blade worn out from long use. Inserted in axe-shaped and adze-shaped handles indiscriminately. Archaeological patination. Native name: utukema (attributed). Made of metamorphosed basalt.

Hearst Museum object titled Utukema blade, accession number 11-40508, described as Blade; gray stone, lightly streaked; one side polished, the other partly polished; length 9 cm. Used for cutting away small scrub when the soil was cleared for gardens. Possibly a planing blade worn out from long use. Inserted in axe-shaped and adze-shaped handles indiscriminately. Archaeological patination. Native name: utukema (attributed). Made of metamorphosed basalt.