Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Roughout of adze. Light green stone. Irregular cross-section. The surface is flaked and bruised at the sides. The poll is asymmetrical and sharp and the bevel is demarcated slightly by an irregular reduction in the back. The bevel is unfinished and not smooth. The cutting edge is blunt, chipped and asymmetrical. The bevel is demarcated by an irregular ridge.
Provenance Place:
Southland, New Zealand
D50.77
Details
- Provenance Place
- Southland, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 81.5 x 36.5 x 13mm
- Credit Line
- C. Overton
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D50.77
- On Display
- No
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