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Start Over Collection place Oceania Function 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits Loans S1985-1986 #47: Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale Univ.) (April 1, 1986–July 31, 1986)
Hearst Museum object titled Abrader, accession number 11-41501, described as Micaceous abrading stone. Tan with silver mica specks, 3.7 cm wide x 8.5 cm long
Hearst Museum object titled Abrader, accession number 11-41499, described as Abrading stone. Flat stone; 8.5 cm x 16.5 cm; majority of surface light gray, dark gray where chipped on edges; one end flat, the other rounded.
Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 11-40334, described as Adze; conus shell blade; rattan binding; wood handle. L. 30 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 11-40323, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 11-40403, described as Axe blade. Dark gray stone (or greenstone) polished on one side; partly polished on other side. L. 28 cm
Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 11-40492, described as Blade; dark gray stone; almost completely polished on both sides; long, narrow shape; length 11 cm. Wood working adze blade. Used for cutting out holes and grooves, as in the making of a canoe or a yam house or a house. Cutting edge ground on both ends, one of which is smaller than the other. Native name: ginesosu (attributed). Made of metamorphosed basalt.
Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 11-40476, described as Blade; dark gray stone, lightly streaked; both sides partly polished; length 23 cm. Axe blade for shaping a felling trees. Native name: utuviya (attributed). Made of metamorphosed basalt. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 11-40279, described as Pigment bowl. Carved, incised wood with curvilinear designs in relief around rim; flat base; rounded shape; traces of red pigment inside. Diameter 15 cm; height ca 6.3 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 11-40240, described as Wooden bowl for pigments. Shallow bowl; carved lime-filled triangular design on rim edge; flattened bottom.
Hearst Museum object titled Engraving tool, accession number 11-42165, described as A pair of bone gouges bound together with leaf fiber: two-ended wood engraving tools. Made from Wallaby rib bones. L. 17 cm.

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