Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Rectangular at poll, blade is trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Ground with flaking around sides and heavy bruising on back and around poll end. Butt has minor differentiation - sides are tapered toward poll. Bevel is demarcated by a very prominent horizontal ridge across the chin, and another faint horizontal line close to cutting edge. Cutting edge is curved, smooth and sharp.
Provenance Place:
Little Papanui, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
D29.5601
Details
- Provenance Place
- Little Papanui, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Ōtākou, Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 189 x 97.7 x 34.9mm
- Media/Materials
- greenstone, Jade, mineral, inorganic, Rock
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D29.5601
- On Display
- No
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