Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete roughout. Stone. Mid grey, light grey, copper. Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front. Surface is ground on front of butt. Surfaces of blade, sides, and back of butt are bruised and flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is blunt and curved, unfinished. "Lr. Portobello" written on front.
Provenance Place:
Lower Portobello, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
D57.385
Details
- Provenance Place
- Lower Portobello, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Ōtākou, Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 160 x 75.7 x 22.1mm
- Credit Line
- Dr A Roy
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D57.385
- On Display
- No
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