Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze, broken in 3 places on the butt and glued back together. Light grey stone. Surface is ground. Cross-section is rectangular. Minor differentiation between butt and blade, with sides and front slightly reduced and tapered toward the poll. Bevel is demarcated by a slight ridge. Cutting edge is straight and sharp but flaked. "Pareora." inscription on back and proper left side.
Provenance Place:
Pareora, Timaru District, Canterbury, New Zealand
D25.1684
Details
- Provenance Place
- Pareora, Timaru District, Canterbury, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 296 x 76.6 x 31mm
- Media/Materials
- argillite, Sedimentary, Rock, inorganic
- Credit Line
- Leslie Orbell
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D25.1684
- On Display
- No
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