Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Gouge, Whao
Broken piece of gouge, lower blade and bevel end only. Greenstone. Oval cross-section. The surface is mostly bruised with flake scars at the break. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade but demarcated on the sides by ridges. The cutting edge is thing, curved and chipped.
Provenance Place:
Colac Bay, Southland, New Zealand
D44.676
Details
- Provenance Place
- Colac Bay, Southland, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 58 x 16 x 14mm
- Media/Materials
- greenstone, Jade, mineral, inorganic
- Credit Line
- Rev G Crockett
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D44.676
- On Display
- No
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