Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. The cross section of the blade is trapezoidal with the back narrower than the front. The cross section of the butt is plano-convex with the back flattened. The surface is predominantly ground, with bruising along the sides of the butt. There is a significant fragment missing from the proper right side of the front, including the corner of the cutting edge. The butt is differentiated by the a change in cross section. The poll is flanged at the sides and rounded at the top. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is asymmetrically curved, with the proper left side of the blade longer than the right. The cutting edge is chipped and blunt.
Provenance Place:
Pīpīkāretu, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
D21.173
Details
- Provenance Place
- Pīpīkāretu, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Ōtākou, Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 89 x 40 x 21.5mm
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D21.173
- On Display
- No
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