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Collection Record

Adze, Toki

Incomplete unfinished adze, butt and poll only. Dark grey stone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is bruised and flaked. There is the remnants of a shoulder on the front proper left of the blade, with a reduction in the stone on the proper left of the butt. The proper right side of the blade appears to have been flaked off.

Provenance Place:
Long Point, Catlins, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand

D41.24

Details

Cultural Group
Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
Measurements
88 x 36 x 38mm
Media/Materials
Rock, inorganic
Credit Line
Mr Les Lockerbie
Rights
All rights reserved
Department
Taoka Maori
Accession Number
D41.24
On Display
No

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