Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Broken adze (upper butt missing). Stone. Dark green. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is mostly bruised, though ground on front and lower blade. Major differentiation between butt and blade, front heavily reduced forming large shoulder. Bevel demarcated by a small ridge at chin, cutting edge is blunt and curved. Hedgehope Southland written on front.
Provenance Place:
Southland District, South Island, New Zealand
D35.1335
Details
- Provenance Place
- Southland District, South Island, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 204 x 61 x 53mm
- Credit Line
- R Brown
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D35.1335
- On Display
- No
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