Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green, light brown. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on lower blade, and bruised on upper blade and butt. Major differentiation between butt and blade, proper left side heavily reduced. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and oblique. "Kaikai's Beach" written on front and back.
Production Primary Date:
Mid
Provenance Place:
Kaikai Beach, Otago Heads, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand, Arahura, Westland District, West Coast, New Zealand
D30.927
Details
- Provenance Place
- Kaikai Beach, Otago Heads, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand, Arahura, Westland District, West Coast, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 81.6 x 50.7 x 9.8mm
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D30.927
- On Display
- No
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