Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Incomplete adze, poll missing. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is ground on the front and sides of the blade and on the back of the butt. There is bruising on the front and sides of the butt and on the back of the blade. There is a curved line on the front of the blade distinguishing the butt from the blade, and shoulders on both sides of the front, with a reduction in the stone on the sides of the butt. The bevel has a small area of ground surface demarcated by an oblique line of bruising. The cutting edge is curved and chipped.
Provenance Place:
Owaka, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand, Clydevale, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand
D82.1067
Details
- Provenance Place
- Owaka, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand, Clydevale, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 215 x 58 x 39mm
- Credit Line
- Mrs K Bradfield
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D82.1067
- On Display
- No
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