Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Stick, Digging, Timo
Complete timo (grubber). Made from a single piece of light brown wood, worked to about a 45-degree angled curve. Surface is smooth and polished. Butt of the handle has a ngututa head carved, with double ngututa heads on the exterior edge where the handle meets the blade. Eyes have paua shell inserts. Previously broken at the top of the blade and repaired. Tapered to a blunt point on the distal end.
Provenance Place:
Unlocalised, New Zealand
D25.721
Details
- Provenance Place
- Unlocalised, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Unlocalised, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 370 x 35 x 445mm
- Credit Line
- Thomson Collection
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D25.721
- On Display
- No
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