Toki poutangata (ceremonial nephrite adze blade)

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Toki poutangata (ceremonial nephrite adze blade)

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This large (44 centimetres in length), mid-green pounamu (New Zealand greenstone) toki (adze blade) has a rectangular cross-section and untangled design. There is no shaping to the proximal end where the adze would have been hafted and securely bound with fibre to a wooden handle. This particular type of quadrangular toki is represented in most early archaeological sites in New Zealand and is generally described as 'East Polynesian'. Unusual featureThe blade is unusually large, considering t...

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Date created

1500-1820

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/211005

Related subjects

pounamu / adzes / toki / Toki poutangata / ceremonial objects / grinding / Te Puawaitanga: 1500 - 1800 / New Zealand / William Ockleford Oldman

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