Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green. Cross-section is roughly oval. Surface is mostly ground, with some bruising down proper right of front and proper left of back. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards butt. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved. Glenorchy written on back.
Production Primary Date:
Early
Provenance Place:
Glenorchy, Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago, New Zealand, Route Burn, Milford Sound, Fiordland, Southland, New Zealand
D44.252
Details
- Provenance Place
- Glenorchy, Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago, New Zealand, Route Burn, Milford Sound, Fiordland, Southland, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 122.5 x 30.8 x 9.6mm
- Media/Materials
- greenstone, Jade, mineral, inorganic, kawakawa, Pounamu, Schistose nephrite, Nephrite
- Credit Line
- Charles Haines
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D44.252
- On Display
- No
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