Te Kohinga Taoka Māori

Collection Record

Adze, Toki

Complete adze Oval cross-section The surface is bruised on the proper right and left of the front and back, and on the front of the butt. There are flake scars at the poll and on the back of the butt. The bevel and the centre of the front and back are smooth There is a slight reduction at the sides of the butt. The cutting edge is sharp and symmetrical with a few small flake scars. The bruised surface on the sides of the blade outlines the sides of the bevel, but it is otherwise continuous with the blade. The front of the adze has two curved ridges from the cutting edge to the main part of the blade

Provenance Place:
Otago, New Zealand

D48.281

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