Sidestep: Waitaha Artefacts
- IJ
- Jul 17, 2016
- 1 min read
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
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