Spall
20289D
From: New Zealand | South Island, New Zealand | Southland Region | Riverton
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 20289D |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Maori |
| Provenience | New Zealand | South Island, New Zealand | Southland Region | Riverton |
| Period | Te Puawaitanga Period |
| Date Made | 1500-1800 CE |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Quartzite |
| Description | An irregular chip of green quartzite. A spall is created when one stone is struck by a second stone, and fragments are chipped off. This would happen during the process of shaping tools. The object source, Enrico H. Giglioli, states that the spall was from an ancient workshop of stone implements at Riverton. |
| Length | 5.8 cm |
| Width | 3.8 cm |
| Thickness | 1.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with Henry H. Giglioli, 1897 |
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