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Te Kohinga Taoka Māori

Collection Record

Adze, Flake, Toki

Complete adze (still quite rough, but not quite a roughout) Cross-section is rectangular. Surface of front is bruised, flaked on back. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, tapering towards poll. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished. Cutting edge as it is is blunt and curved.

Provenance Place:
Hawks Burn, Central Otago District, Otago, New Zealand

D79.6727

Details

Cultural Group
Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
Measurements
155 x 61 x 24mm
Media/Materials
Silcrete, Metamorphic, Rock, inorganic
Rights
All rights reserved
Department
Taoka Maori, Archaeology
Accession Number
D79.6727
On Display
No

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