Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Dark green pounamu. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground with sawing marks on proper left side. No differentiation between butt and blade. Two bevels on the blade, one on the front and one on the back, each demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is oblique and sharp. "Mangamaunu" inscription on front.
Provenance Place:
Kaikōura, Kaikōura District, Canterbury, New Zealand
D35.228
Details
- Provenance Place
- Kaikōura, Kaikōura District, Canterbury, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 78 x 36 x 13mm
- Media/Materials
- greenstone, Jade, mineral, inorganic, Nephrite
- Credit Line
- Fels Fund
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D35.228
- On Display
- No
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