Skip to content
Checkout

Te Kohinga Taoka Māori

Collection Record

Adze, Toki

Complete adze. Trapezoidal with back narrower than front Ground with flaking on poll and cutting edge, and minor bruising on sides. Butt has minor differentiation, sides are tapered toward poll. Bevel continuous with blade, tapering down to cutting edge. Cutting edge is curved, rough and blunt, with major chipping. Prominent saw marks on the top of the front and down the left side proper.

Production Primary Date:
Mid

Provenance Place:
Lower Portobello, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand, Arahura, Westland District, West Coast, New Zealand

D22.354

Details

Measurements
294 x 69.9 x 37.7mm
Media/Materials
Inanga, Pounamu, Jade, mineral, inorganic, Nephrite
Rights
All rights reserved
Department
Taoka Maori
Accession Number
D22.354
On Display
No

Rapua te kohika

Search the Collection

Rapu mā ia wāhaka

Search by Department