Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Light brown pounamu. The cross-section is quadrangular. The surface is mostly unworked with some ground and flaked areas. There is a reduction in the sides of the butt on the back. The bevel is demarcated by a ridge and the change in surface from ground to flaked. The cutting edge is straight and sharp with flake scars on both corners.
Production Primary Date:
Early
Provenance Place:
Milford Sound, Fiordland, Southland, New Zealand, Anita Bay, Milford Sound, Fiordland, Southland, New Zealand
D19.159
Details
- Provenance Place
- Milford Sound, Fiordland, Southland, New Zealand, Anita Bay, Milford Sound, Fiordland, Southland, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 78 x 31 x 13mm
- Credit Line
- E. H. Gibson
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D19.159
- On Display
- No
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