Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Stone adze blade. Cutting edge substantially chipped. Grey, with some black markings on upper half. Body of adze has quadrangular cross section. Majority of back, sides and front of blade are polished. Front of butt primarily hammerdressed. Marked transverse ridge on butt parallel to edge between blade and butt. Has stylistic affinities to some Canterbury adzes. Complete adze. Cross-section of blade is rectangular. Cross-section of butt is more semi-circular, back flattened. Surface is ground. Flaked at poll. Major differentiation between blade and butt. Front reduced and sides taper towards poll. Butt is demarcated by 2 ridges Bevel continuous with blade. Cutting edge is sharp and straight.
Production Primary Date:
1300-1800 AD
Provenance Place:
Unlocalised, New Zealand
D2013.42
Details
- Production Date
- 1300-1800 AD
- Production Place
- New Zealand
- Provenance Place
- Unlocalised, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Unlocalised, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Media/Materials
- Graywacke, Sedimentary, Rock, inorganic, stone
- Credit Line
- The Wright Family, Otago Museum Collection
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D2013.42
- On Display
- No
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