Te Kohinga Taoka Māori

Collection Record

Chisel, Gouge, Whao

Complete pounamu chisel or gouge. Light green with black inclusions. Surface is ground. Tapered at both ends. One end has a triangular bevel one each side, demarcated by lines, and the edge is straight and sharp. The other end has an irregularly-shaped bevel, demarcated by a line on one side, and three sawing marks running from this end to approximately the centre of the gouge.

Provenance Place:
Whareakeake, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand

D50.372

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