Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Black stone. Surface is ground on blade and bruised on butt. Major differentiation between butt and blade with front and sides reduced to form shoulders. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Cutting edge is straight and sharp but flaked. "Dunedin?" inscription.
Provenance Place:
?Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
D76.1127
Details
- Provenance Place
- ?Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 112 x 42.4 x 21.7mm
- Media/Materials
- argillite, Sedimentary, Rock, inorganic
- Credit Line
- Mrs E Pipe
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D76.1127
- On Display
- No
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