Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. The cross section is asymmetrical but approximately trapezoidal with the back narrower then the front. The surface is flaked, bruised and ground. Appears to be a reworked fragment. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is asymmetrically curved with the proper left side of the blade longer then the right. The edge is blunt.
Provenance Place:
Pīpīkāretu, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
D29.4470
Details
- Provenance Place
- Pīpīkāretu, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Ōtākou, Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 70 x 29 x 23mm
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D29.4470
- On Display
- No
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