Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green. Cross-section is roughly rectangular. Surface of front is ground, surface of back is bruised. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Tarewai Point written on back. Illegible text written on both front and bevel.
Provenance Place:
Tarewai Point, Otago Heads, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
D29.622
Details
- Provenance Place
- Tarewai Point, Otago Heads, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Ōtākou, Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 57 x 32 x 8mm
- Media/Materials
- greenstone, Jade, mineral, inorganic
- Credit Line
- Mr David Teviotdale
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D29.622
- On Display
- No
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