Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Broken adze (blade remaining and lower butt). Stone. Dark grey flecked with black. Cross-section is trapezoidal, back narrower than front. Surface is ground. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front and sides reduced forming shoulder. There is a ridge just break. Bevel is demarcated by a line, bevel is concave, cutting edge is sharp and straight. Southland (?) written on front.
Provenance Place:
Southland District, South Island, New Zealand
D35.1045
Details
- Provenance Place
- Southland District, South Island, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 292 x 67 x 57mm
- Credit Line
- Miss Mary Ross
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D35.1045
- On Display
- No
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