Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Dark green pounamu. Cross-section is lenticular. Surface is ground and flaked. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is oblique and flaked. "Mangaumanua Kaikoura" inscription.
Provenance Place:
Mangauma Pa, Kaikōura District, Canterbury, New Zealand
D32.1850
Details
- Provenance Place
- Mangauma Pa, Kaikōura District, Canterbury, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 40 x 29.5 x 7.5mm
- Media/Materials
- greenstone, Jade, mineral, inorganic, Pounamu
- Credit Line
- W. Ferry, Fels Fund
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D32.1850
- On Display
- No
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