Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Cross section is rectangular. The surface is flaked, bruised and ground. The butt is reduced at the back. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is blunt, chipped and straight. The blade tapers from the cutting edge to the butt.
Provenance Place:
Kaikai Beach, Otago Heads, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
D31.721
Details
- Provenance Place
- Kaikai Beach, Otago Heads, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 132 x 51.5 x 28mm
- Media/Materials
- argillite, Sedimentary, Rock, inorganic
- Credit Line
- Dr Gordon Dempster
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D31.721
- On Display
- No
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