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Te Kohinga Taoka Māori

Collection Record

Chisel, Whao

Complete adze. Plano-convex, front flattened. Surface is bruised and flaked, with a shiny substance coating a sizeable part of the adze. Butt is undifferentiated. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line running from corner to corner of the cutting edge and meeting at an off-centre apex.

Provenance Place:
Whareakeake, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand

D25.141

Details

Cultural Group
Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
Measurements
66 x 23 x 10.7mm
Media/Materials
stone, inorganic
Rights
All rights reserved
Department
Taoka Maori
Accession Number
D25.141
On Display
No

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