Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
incomplete roughout (blade and cutting edge end present" Asymetrical, kind of trapezoidal with one side deeper than the other The surface is ground with some flaking. Butt is not present. No clear or obvious bevel, the cutting edge is sharp and straigh but very chipped. Incomplete adze, blade remaining Cross-section is asymmetrical Surface is ground with some flaking on sides and cutting edge No differentiation between the butt and the blade. Bevel is continuous. Cutting edge is sharp and chipped, and the proper right edge of the cutting edge is missing a fragment.
Provenance Place:
Shag River, Waitaki District, Otago, New Zealand
D29.1961
Details
- Provenance Place
- Shag River, Waitaki District, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 80 x 60 x 16mm
- Media/Materials
- Breccia, Sedimentary, Rock, inorganic
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D29.1961
- On Display
- No
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