Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Pounamu. Dark green, light green. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly ground, with bruising on proper left of front and back. Sawing marks down proper right side. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper slightly towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and oblique, small chips along cutting edge. complete roughly rectangular ground, maybe with some flake scars. There appears to be a saw marks on the proper right side. minor differentiation, slightly reduced on the front side very near the poll The bevel is flat and marked the blade by a clear edge. The cutting edge is oblique, sharp and flat with minor chips.
Provenance Place:
Waipapa Landing, Kaikōura District, Canterbury, New Zealand
D57.278
Details
- Provenance Place
- Waipapa Landing, Kaikōura District, Canterbury, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 104.9 x 35.8 x 11.9mm
- Media/Materials
- Nephrite, Jade, mineral, inorganic, greenstone
- Credit Line
- George Hornsey
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D57.278
- On Display
- No
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