Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Large adze roughout. Dark grey stone. Triangular cross-section. The surface is flaked. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The bevel is demarcated by a rough flaked chin. The cutting edge is oblique and chipped. The back of the blade is concave from the chin to the butt.
Provenance Place:
Centre Island, Foveaux Strait, Southland, New Zealand
D21.548
Details
- Provenance Place
- Centre Island, Foveaux Strait, Southland, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 290 x 52.5 x 69.5mm
- Credit Line
- Sir Frederick Chapman
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D21.548
- On Display
- No
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