| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Carved post.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Detail of a carved post.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Fisherman's kit (found 1932).
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Kereru, water traps to catch pigeons.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Trap for kiore (the Polynesian rat).
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Gourds used to store preserved birds in their own fat.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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High ranking Maori chief.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Jade pendant.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Model of a Maori pa (fortified village).
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Carved side posts from a house from the East Coast.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Obsidian (volcanic glass), used to make knives.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Matau (bone fish hooks), here (bone bird spears) and a harpoon point.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Whalebone combs and ornaments (early 19th century).
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Maori musical instruments.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Carved lintel.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Shields from Papua New Guinea in a section devoted to the Pacific Islands.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Shield from Papua New Guinea (1924).
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Yam storehouse carved board from the Trobriand Islands and a canoe board from Papua New Guinea.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Detail from a carved board from New Guinea. The boards are kept in the house of a chief.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Chief house board with the face of an ancester (Papua New Guinea).
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Chief house board with the face of an ancester (Papua New Guinea).
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
House finial from the Solomon Islands.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Kava bowl (Samoa, 1800s).
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
A fine mat with feathers (Samoa).
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Basket from Papua New Guinea.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Tapa (bark cloth) is common in Polynesia.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Detail of a tapa (bark cloth). These are made by women from mulberry trees.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Dance skirt from Samoa.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Papua New Guinea apron.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Wool embroidered mat, Samoa.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Canoe padles from Tonga.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Bark paper print from Fiji.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Papua New Guinea apron made from tree bark.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Basket from the Solomon Islands.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Pacific Island boat.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Woman's skirt (Rotuma).
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Wedding mat from the Caroline Islands (1920s).
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Rain cape (Papua New Guinea).
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Ceremonial tub from the Solomon Islands.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Detail from a ceremonial tub from the Solomon Islands.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Bowl from the Solomon Islands (1950).
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Rurutu from the Austral Islands, 1950.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Carving of a goddess, Austral Islands (1950s).
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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The deity, Munge-dukna from Melanesia.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Canoe protector figure from the Solomon Islands.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
The deity, Kulap (New Ireland).
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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1927 image of the deity, Kulap from New Ireland.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Malagan (New Ireland, 1920s).
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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The face of the deity, Malagan (New Ireland).
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Female ancestor figure from the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
A yena from the Sepik region (Papua New Guinea).
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Female figure from the Solomon Islands.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Quilt from the Cook Islands.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Detail from a quilt (Cook Islands).
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Body adornment Papua New Guinea.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Body ornaments from various islands.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Ornament from Melanesia.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Items from Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Items from the Solomon Islands.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Collar from the Marquesas Islands.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Weaving from the Solomon Islands.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Beaded loin cloths, Solomon Islands.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Two Pacific Island figures.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Mask, New Ireland.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Mask from the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Eharo mask from Orokola, Papua New Guinea.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Sailing canoe from Fiji.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Fighting shields from Papua New Guinea.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Smoking pipes from Papua New Guinea and West Papua (Indonesia).
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Headrest from Tonga.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Necklaces from the Pacific.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Body adornment from the Solomon Islands.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Polynesian basket.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Former fighting clothes later used for ceremonies (Cook Islands).
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Decorated bark cloth from Niue.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Decorated bark cloth from Samoa.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Whale tooth necklace.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Whale tooth and pearl shell breast plate.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Ritual dish from Fiji.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Breast plate from Fiji.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Bark cloth from Tonga.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Pueki shell shroud for a grave (Tonga).
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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The goddess, Kave (Caroline Islands).
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Pipes from the Marquesas Islands.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Fishing lines from the Pacific.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
One of two spieces of bat endemic to New Zealand before the arrival of mammals with humans.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
South Island adzebill, a flightless bird that is now extinct.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
The kiwi is the national symbol of New Zealand. It is now endangered.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
The moa was the largest extict flightless bird.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
The largest moa egg known had the capacity of 60 chicken eggs. The smaller egg is the smallest moa egg found.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
The tuatara is a reptile in its own family that is only found in New Zealand. It is unlike any living reptile.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
This European fossil from the Jurassic period is almost identical to the tuatara.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Cast glass by Mike Crawford (2020).
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Government House dinner plate (England, 1840s).
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Items owned by the Ah Chee Chinese family from the 1870s.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Barber chair from the 1950s.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Fireworks from the 1960s.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Bottle, box, teapot and cup (porcelain, 1970s).
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
Rag rug, 2019.
|
2023 |
| New Zealand |
City / Town : Auckland
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Rugby Union cap from 1924.
|
2023 |
were added from 1 February 2025.