Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Broken unfinished adze, butt end missing. Light brown stone with patches of orange/brown stone on the sides. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly flaked with ground areas on the blade. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade near the broken end. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is blunt and flaked.
Provenance Place:
Balclutha, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand
D52.888
Details
- Provenance Place
- Balclutha, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 114 x 31.5 x 31mm
- Credit Line
- Mr J Campbell and Mrs Johnson
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D52.888
- On Display
- No
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