Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Dark grey stone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The blade is ground and the bevel and butt are bruised. There are flake scars on the poll and cutting edge. There is a straight and oblique shoulder on the front of the blade and a reduction in the stone on the front and sides of the butt. The bevel is demarcated by a curved line of bruising. The cutting edge is flaked and straight.
Provenance Place:
Centre Island, Foveaux Strait, Southland, New Zealand
D21.578
Details
- Provenance Place
- Centre Island, Foveaux Strait, Southland, New Zealand
- Field Collection Place
- Centre Island, Foveaux Strait, Southland, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 225 x 67.5 x 33mm
- Credit Line
- Sir Frederick Chapman
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D21.578
- On Display
- No
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