Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Pounamu. Light green, dark green. Cross-section is oval. Surface of lower blade is ground, becoming bruised and flaked towards butt. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by surface change from ground to bruised. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, small chip on proper right side of cutting edge.
Production Primary Date:
Early
Provenance Place:
Dart Valley, Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago, New Zealand
D19.360
Details
- Provenance Place
- Dart Valley, Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago, New Zealand
- Field Collection Place
- Dart Valley, Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- x 10.5mm
- Media/Materials
- Serpentine, Plutonic, Igneous, Rock, inorganic, Inanga, Pounamu, Jade, mineral, Semi nephrite, Nephrite
- Credit Line
- Charles Haines
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D19.360
- On Display
- No
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