Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Pounamu. Mid green, light green, mid brown, light brown. Cross-section is rectangular. Back of adze is concave. Surface is ground, with some flaking on back edges and on poll, some bruising on bevel. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll and front slopes down towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, cutting edge is sharp and curved, large chip missing from proper right side of cutting edge. Cutting edge is narrower than widest point of blade.
Provenance Place:
Unlocalised, New Zealand
D2016.1
Details
- Production Place
- South Island, New Zealand
- Provenance Place
- Unlocalised, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Unlocalised, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 255g
- Credit Line
- Butterflies - The Hospice Shop
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D2016.1
- On Display
- No
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