Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Whao
Complete. The cross section is asymmetrical but approximately trapezoidal with the front narrower than the back. The front surface is ground at the bottom and flaked at the top. The top edge is jagged. The back surface is flaked and bruised. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is absent. The cutting edge is blunt and chipped.
Provenance Place:
Purakanui/Dunedin City/Otago/New Zealand Region/New Zealand/Polynesia/Oceania, Westland, West Coast, New Zealand
D24.845
Details
- Provenance Place
- Purakanui/Dunedin City/Otago/New Zealand Region/New Zealand/Polynesia/Oceania, Westland, West Coast, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 53 x 20mm
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D24.845
- On Display
- No
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