Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Adze roughout. Mid grey stone. Surface is flaked with some grounding at cutting edge. Cross section is triangular. Ridge running along the front from mid-blade to poll. Minor differentiation between butt and blade; front and sides are reduced at shoulder. Bevel is demarcated by flake scars. Blade tapers toward the cutting edge, which is sharp and straight.
Provenance Place:
Kaikōura, Kaikōura District, Canterbury, New Zealand
D25.295
Details
- Provenance Place
- Kaikōura, Kaikōura District, Canterbury, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 240 x 55 x 45mm
- Media/Materials
- argillite, Sedimentary, Rock, inorganic
- Credit Line
- Fels Fund
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D25.295
- On Display
- No
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