Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
complete roughly trapezoidal, back narrower than the front. Narrows in the sides from blade towards the poll. The surface is ground, with few flakes/chips. No differentiation between the butt and the blade. The bevel is flat and distinguishable from the blade by a clear ridge. The cutting edge us straight and oblique, and sharp. Faint ditch or gutter? Running lengthways down the front of the blade
Provenance Place:
Puketeraki, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
D21.471
Details
- Provenance Place
- Puketeraki, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 76 x 41 x 12mm
- Media/Materials
- greenstone, Jade, mineral, inorganic
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D21.471
- On Display
- No
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