Sidestep: Waitaha Artefacts

We've all heard the name Waitaha. Some say they were here before Maori and were a group of many pre-Polynesian ancients. Regardless, their artifacts were similar but different. Who knows what else we will find in the cave...artefacts would be an added bonus, helping to access the age of death and origin of those inside.

Below are some artefacts noted as Waitaha origin by the musuems that hold them.

Waitaha Toki Adze 1250 Southland

Waitaha Pendant Marlborough stone 1150

Waitaha Pendant 1350 Southland

Waitaha Ceremonial Adze (Waitaki) Serpentine

Waitaha Adze 1300 Southland

Waitaha Adze 1300 Waitaki

Left to right...

1: Southland (1250)

2: Marlborough (1150)

3: Southland (1350)

4: Waitaki (unknown)

5: Southland (1300)

6: Waitaki (1300)

Here are some more...(click to enlarge)

Pouname Adze in Polynesian style 1200-

very old adze 1200-1500

Tree fellign adze bluff argilite

Toki TeKuiti 1200

Notched Pounamu West Coast 1300

Side halfted adze - Waitaki waitaha

Sperm Whale tooth ornament 1250

Steatite ornament fragment

Pendant unknown

Pendant oxidized Bowenite 1300- west coast

Shell Pendant 1300

Whaletooth pendant Nth Auckland 1200

Mau Kaki reel necklace piece 1200

Mmako tooth pendant 1350

PPou2a

The last one is a photo of Noel Hilliam's pou dug up near Dargaville