Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Cross section is rectangular. The surface is ground. The butt is differentiated by a reduction in the sides and heavily chipped at the back. The bevel is demarcated by a line. The cutting edge is curved and chipped, and blunt.
Production Primary Date:
Mid
Provenance Place:
Shag River, Waitaki District, Otago, New Zealand
D27.1205
Details
- Provenance Place
- Shag River, Waitaki District, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 65 x 30mm
- Media/Materials
- greenstone, Jade, mineral, inorganic, kawakawa, Pounamu, Schistose nephrite, Nephrite
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Main Department
- Taoka Māori, Taoka Māori
- Secondary Department
- Kā taputapu, Mahi whakairo
- Accession Number
- D27.1205
- On Display
- No
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