Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete unfinished adze. Dark brown stone. Asymmetrical trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is bruised and ground. There is a rounded shoulder on the front of the blade and a reduction in the stone on the front and sides of the butt. The bevel is demarcated by a ridge on the proper right and by a line of bruising on the proper left. The cutting edge is curved and sharp, with some chips. "Mable Bush" is written on the front of the blade in pencil.
Provenance Place:
Southland, New Zealand
D35.1333
Details
- Provenance Place
- Southland, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 125 x 55 x 30mm
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D35.1333
- On Display
- No
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