Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Basalt. Mid grey, dark grey. Cross-section of butt is oval, cross-section of blade is rectangular. Surface of front and back lower blade is ground, all other surfaces are bruised. Major differentiation between butt and blade, unusually, back reduced forming shoulder on back of adze. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, fragment missing from proper right. Cutting edge is heavily chipped. "Nth Taieri" written on front.
Provenance Place:
North Taieri, Taieri Plain, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
D65.979
Details
- Provenance Place
- North Taieri, Taieri Plain, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Field Collection Place
- North Taieri, Taieri Plain, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 245 x 72.6 x 52.6mm
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D65.979
- On Display
- No
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