Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is partially ground down front and sides, heavy bruising where not ground. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, proper left side reduces slightly at poll end of butt. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and oblique. "Purakanui" written on back.
Production Primary Date:
Mid
Provenance Place:
Purakanui, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
D20.331
Details
- Provenance Place
- Purakanui, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Field Collection Place
- Pūrākaunui, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 94.9 x 24.1 x 13.5mm
- Credit Line
- James Murdoch
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D20.331
- On Display
- No
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