Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. The cross section is trapezoidal with the back narrower than the front. The front and back surfaces are ground. The sides are flaked and bruised. There are transverse scrathes etched on the back surface near the poll. The butt is differentiated by a reduction of the front from the shoulder to the poll. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is straight and sharp but chipped.
Provenance Place:
Pīpīkāretu, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
D21.172
Details
- Provenance Place
- Pīpīkāretu, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Field Collection Place
- Pīpīkāretu, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Ōtākou, Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 97 x 37.5 x 21mm
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D21.172
- On Display
- No
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