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Te Kohinga Taoka Māori

Collection Record

Adze, Toki

Complete Adze. Mostly trapezoidal cross section, with back narrower than front, and with proper right side a straighter edge than the proper left edge. Surface is ground, except for flaking on blade edges. Undifferentiated , no distinction between butt and blade. Bevel demarcated by a line. The cutting edge comes to a flat edge, very blunt.

Provenance Place:
Dunedin, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand, Unlocalised, New Zealand

D33.1316

Details

Cultural Group
Unlocalised, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
Measurements
111 x 70 x 18mm
Media/Materials
Rock, inorganic
Collection
Dunlop Collection
Credit Line
R. Dunlop Collection
Rights
All rights reserved
Department
Taoka Maori
Accession Number
D33.1316
On Display
No

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