Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Stone
Broken adze (large worked fragment). Pounamu. Light green, silver, light brown. Cross-section is roughly rectangular. Surface is bruised and flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper heavily towards poll which is pointed. Large fragment missing from blade on proper left side. Cutting edge is curved, but very unfinished.
Production Primary Date:
Mid
Provenance Place:
Whareakeake, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand, Te Koroka, Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago, New Zealand
D50.391
Details
- Provenance Place
- Whareakeake, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand, Te Koroka, Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 130.8 x 61.1 x 27.8mm
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D50.391
- On Display
- No
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