Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, cream, and light brown. Cross-section is roughly rectangular. Surface of lower blade is ground, flaked and bruised on upper blade and butt. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. About halfway on proper left side, there is a reduction in the stone. Bevel is continuous with blade, demarcated where surface changes from ground to bruised. Catlins? written on front.
Production Primary Date:
Early
Provenance Place:
Catlins, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand
D32.491
Details
- Provenance Place
- Catlins, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 94 x 46 x 17mm
- Media/Materials
- greenstone, Jade, mineral, inorganic, Nephrite
- Credit Line
- Trustees of Sir Thomas MacKenzie
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D32.491
- On Display
- No
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