Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete unfinished adze. Grey stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is bruised with some flake scars and ground areas on the lower blade. There is a reduction in the stone on the sides of the base of the butt. The poll is oblique and irregular. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is sharp and chipped.
Provenance Place:
Orepuki, Southland District, South Island, New Zealand
D34.548
Details
- Provenance Place
- Orepuki, Southland District, South Island, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 131.5 x 27 x 19mm
- Credit Line
- Raymond Murrell
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D34.548
- On Display
- No
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