Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Pounamu. Light blue, light green, silver. Cross-section is oval. Surface is ground, with some bruising, particularly on back and proper right side. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and oblique, small chipping mid cutting edge. "Murdering B." written on back.
Provenance Place:
Whareakeake, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
D20.330
Details
- Provenance Place
- Whareakeake, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 76.9 x 24 x 6.6mm
- Credit Line
- James Murdoch
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D20.330
- On Display
- No
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