Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Mid-green pounamu. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground with some flaking. Minor differentiation between the butt and blade; poll is tapered. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is mostly flaked away. "Papanui Inlet" inscription
Provenance Place:
Papanui Inlet, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
D29.19
Details
- Provenance Place
- Papanui Inlet, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Ōtākou, Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 60 x 30 x 11mm
- Media/Materials
- greenstone, Jade, mineral, inorganic
- Credit Line
- Fels Fund, W. Dick
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D29.19
- On Display
- No
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