Revisiting Rapa Nui Matā
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2018
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Based on a use-wear and residue analysis of a collection of 12 matā in the Australian
Museum, Sydney, we question the value of relying on tool shape as an adequate indication
of past use. Although the tools in this collection were used for a broad range of tasks,
including plant processing, wood, shell and bone working, and cutting and piercing of flesh
or skin, some may have been used in interpersonal conflict. The study illustrates the value of
museum ethnographic collections for understanding past tool use.
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