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Te Kohinga Taoka Māori

Collection Record

Stone, Worked

Piece of worked pounamu, use unknown. Burnt, silver, light grey, light green in colour. Surface is ground and bruised. Cross section is rectangular. Tapers toward the proximal end, with a sawing mark and a projection on one side edge. Sawing marks along both side edges toward the distal end.

Provenance Place:
Pahia, Southland District, South Island, New Zealand

D65.790

Details

Cultural Group
Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
Measurements
160 x 37 x 7mm
Media/Materials
greenstone, Jade, mineral, inorganic, Pounamu
Credit Line
Leslie MacKay Collection
Rights
All rights reserved
Department
Taoka Maori
Accession Number
D65.790
On Display
No

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