Maori adze handle Toki poutangata
New Zealand Wood, shell
H. 47,5 cm
Maori adze handle entirely decorated, with the exception of the grip, with a rich decoration of interlocking tiki representations. Intended to receive a nephrite blade that was passed on from generation to generation, these adzes were reserved for an elite and constituted an emblem of their social status.
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