Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Pendant, Adze, Toki
Complete unfinished greenstone adze. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly ground with small flake scars. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is demarcated by an irregular oblique line. The cutting edge is irregular and chipped. There is a shallow hole bored into the butt on the back.
Production Primary Date:
Mid
Provenance Place:
Centre Island, Foveaux Strait, Southland, New Zealand, Westland, West Coast, New Zealand
D21.511
Details
- Provenance Place
- Centre Island, Foveaux Strait, Southland, New Zealand, Westland, West Coast, New Zealand
- Field Collection Place
- Centre Island, Foveaux Strait, Southland, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 40 x 11.5 x 4.5mm
- Credit Line
- Sir Frederick Chapman
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D21.511
- On Display
- No
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