Te Kohinga Taoka Māori

Collection Record

Adze, Toki

Incomplete adze, blade and bevel end only. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is ground, bruised and flaked. There is a reduction in the stone on the front of the butt just before the broken edge. The bevel is made from flake scars and ends in a blunt irregular cutting edge. There is a partially removed piece of paper on the back that reads: "From Lake Wanak- given by Rukitap- - Port Molyneux" and another on the proper right side of the blade that reads: "Dr Hocken's Collection."

Provenance Place:
Lake Wanaka, Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago, New Zealand, Port Molyneux, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand

D10.117

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