Skip to content
Checkout

Te Kohinga Taoka Māori

Collection Record

Adze, Toki

Complete adze. Rectangular at poll, asymmetrical at blade. Surface is ground with heavy flaking and bruising down the left side proper, on the poll and some flaking on the right side proper. Butt has minor differentiation with sides reduced; poll has been flaked away. Bevel is demarcated by a strong line curving from corner to corner. Cutting edge is sharp, smooth and straight.

Production Primary Date:
Mid

Provenance Place:
Long Beach, Otago, New Zealand, Long Beach, Otago, New Zealand, Te Koroka, Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago, New Zealand

D24.1237

Details

Cultural Group
Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
Measurements
118 x 35mm
Media/Materials
Inanga, Pounamu, Jade, mineral, inorganic, Nephrite
Rights
All rights reserved
Department
Taoka Maori
Accession Number
D24.1237
On Display
No

Rapua te kohika

Search the Collection

Rapu mā ia wāhaka

Search by Department