Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Plano-convex with front flattened at poll, trapezoidal with back narrower than front at blade. Surface is ground with bruising around butt and down left side proper. There is minor flaking down sides. Butt has major differentiation; sides and front have been reduced and shoulders are raised. Bevel is demarcated by straight lines running up from each corner, jointed by a curved line across blade.
Provenance Place:
Purakanui, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
D20.827
Details
- Provenance Place
- Purakanui, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 115.1 x 43 x 19.2mm
- Credit Line
- James Murdoch
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D20.827
- On Display
- No
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