axe
| Nom de l'objet : | axe |
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| Type de l'objet : | axe |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | INSTRUMENTS & UTENSILS |
| Matériaux : | mineral, nephrite |
| Technique de fabrication : | chipped polished |
| Numéro de catalogue : | Ij1 |
| Pays d'origine : | New Zealand |
| Continent d'origine : | Australia & Pacific Islands |
| Culture : | Maori |
| Secteur géo-culturel : | Eastern Polynesia |
| Contexte culturel : | everyday |
| Date de fin de production : | 1910 |
| Description : | Dark green stone axe or adze head of nephrite. General triangular shape from rough rectangular base. One side is flat tapering at an angle to a point while the other side is curving covexely to a point, creating a straight edge. Finely worked with eviden |
| Fonctions : | Nephrite, found only on South Island was the most precious possession of the Maori. This shape of worked "greenstone" is considered typical of the Classic Maori Period. Most greenstone adzes are ordinary working tools made in this material because it could sharpened to a hard keen edge. (Long slender greenstone blades were tied with ornamental lashings to carved handles to serve as chiefly emblems of rank and authority.) |
| Hauteur : | 3.5 |
| Largeur : | 5.8 |
| Profondeur : | 13.2 |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
| Département : | Museum of Anthropology |
| Établissement : |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Vancouver |
| Province de l'établissement : | British Columbia |
| Enregistrement de l'institution : | Fiche complète provenant du site du musée |