Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Incomplete adze(s) Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground on front, back and poll have large areas of natural roughness. Sawing marks cut into front and back, about a quarter of the fro the proper left side. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved. The sawing marks make it appear as if this adze was being turned into 2 separate tools. Cutting edge and bevel finished on either side of the sawing marks.
Provenance Place:
Unlocalised, New Zealand
D20.420
Details
- Provenance Place
- Unlocalised, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Unlocalised, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 147 x 101 x 21mm
- Media/Materials
- greenstone, Jade, mineral, inorganic, Pounamu
- Credit Line
- Isidore Samuel de Beer Collection
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D20.420
- On Display
- No
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