Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete pounamu adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. No differentiation between butt and blade. Sides taper toward the poll. Back of the adze is concave. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is curved and flaked. "Saddle Hill" inscription.
Production Primary Date:
Mid
Provenance Place:
Saddle Hill, Dunedin, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand, Arahura, Westland District, West Coast, New Zealand
D68.2560
Details
- Provenance Place
- Saddle Hill, Dunedin, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand, Arahura, Westland District, West Coast, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 103 x 52 x 11.5mm
- Credit Line
- Mr E Hunter
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Main Department
- Taoka Māori, Taoka Māori
- Secondary Department
- Kā taputapu, Mahi whakairo
- Accession Number
- D68.2560
- On Display
- No
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