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Te Kohinga Taoka Māori

Collection Record

Gouge, Adze, Toki

Complete gouge. Grey stone. Plano-convex cross-section, with the back flattened. The surface is ground on the front of the blade and the bevel, and flaked and bruised elsewhere. There is a steep but irregular slope on the front of the butt from towards the poll that distinguishes the butt from the blade. The bevel is demarcated by a ridge on the proper left and has a flake scar on the proper right. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Provenance Place:
Haast River, Westland District, West Coast, New Zealand

D38.298

Details

Cultural Group
Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
Measurements
128 x 31 x 28mm
Media/Materials
argillite, Sedimentary, Rock, inorganic
Credit Line
G Mackley
Rights
All rights reserved
Department
Taoka Maori
Accession Number
D38.298
On Display
No

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