Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze, grey stone. Plano-convex cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is ground and bruised with large flake scars on the cutting edge, the poll and the back proper right of the butt. There is a rounded protruding shoulder on the front of the blade, and a slight reduction in the stone on the front and sides of the butt. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is chipped and blunt.
Provenance Place:
Forest Hill, Southland District, South Island, New Zealand, Dipton, Southland, New Zealand
D24.990
Details
- Provenance Place
- Forest Hill, Southland District, South Island, New Zealand, Dipton, Southland, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 170 x 55 x 30mm
- Credit Line
- Mr Willi Fels
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D24.990
- On Display
- No
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