Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze Haft, Toki tarai
Wooden adze haft. Handle is round in cross section and chisel marks visible on surface, darkened near the grip. Triangular platform at the distal end, with notches and a deep groove at the edge. A mount is lashed with plaited fibre into the hollow groove, projecting beyond the platform. The mount has a deep rectangular groove, open at one end, for inserting an adze. It appears to be made using metal tools.
Provenance Place:
Unlocalised, New Zealand
D10.105
Details
- Provenance Place
- Unlocalised, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Unlocalised, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 400 x 200 x 75mm
- Credit Line
- Hocken Collection
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D10.105
- On Display
- No
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