Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete unfinished adze. Light grey stone with patches of brown. Trapezoidal cross-section. It is unclear which side is the front of the blade. The surface is bruised and flaked. There is a reduction in the sides of the butt. The lower blade is flaked on both sides. There is no obvious bevel. The cutting edge is blunt and flaked.
Provenance Place:
Centre Island, Foveaux Strait, Southland, New Zealand
D21.581
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
- 147 x 37.5 x 26mm
- Credit Line
- Sir Frederick Chapman
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D21.581
- On Display
- No
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