Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Cross-section is triangular, with apex to front. Apex widens towards cutting edge, making the cross-section more trapezoidal, with front narrower than back. Surface is ground around cutting edge, becoming bruised and flaked on blade and butt. Major differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is narrow, sharp and curved.
Provenance Place:
Shag Point, Waitaki District, Otago, New Zealand
D21.1310
Details
- Provenance Place
- Shag Point, Waitaki District, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 269 x 47 x 68mm
- Credit Line
- Sir Frederick Chapman
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D21.1310
- On Display
- Yes
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