Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green, mid green. Cross-section is lenticular. Surfaces of front lower blade and bevel are ground, flaked on back and front butt. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by surface change from ground to flaked. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Chipped on proper left side of cutting edge.
Production Primary Date:
Early
Provenance Place:
Dart Valley, Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago, New Zealand
D19.359
Details
- Provenance Place
- Dart Valley, Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago, New Zealand
- Field Collection Place
- Dart Valley, Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 106.1 x 46.7 x 15.3mm
- Media/Materials
- Serpentine, Plutonic, Igneous, Rock, inorganic, Inanga, Pounamu, Jade, mineral, Semi nephrite, Nephrite
- Credit Line
- Charles Haines
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D19.359
- On Display
- No
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