Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete unfinished adze. Grey stone. Oval cross-section at the butt, quadrangular at the bevel end. The surface is mostly bruised with flake scarring and some loss on the butt. There is a protruding curved shoulder on the front, and the stone of the front and sides of the butt is reduced. The bevel is demarcated by a straight subtle line. The cutting edge is straight and chipped with a loss on the proper right.
Provenance Place:
Centre Island, Foveaux Strait, Southland, New Zealand
D21.558
Details
- Provenance Place
- Centre Island, Foveaux Strait, Southland, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 152 x 53.5 x 31.5mm
- Credit Line
- Sir Frederick Chapman
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D21.558
- On Display
- No
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