Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Broken adze, blade and bevel only. Dark green and black stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is ground with heavy flaking at the broken end. There is no butt. The sides of the blade taper in from the cutting edge towards the broken end. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade, demarcated on the proper left only by a light line. There is a shallow ground indentation in the back of the blade. The cutting edge is asymmetrical, curved and sharp.
Production Primary Date:
Mid
Provenance Place:
Centre Island, Foveaux Strait, Southland, New Zealand
D21.461
Details
- Provenance Place
- Centre Island, Foveaux Strait, Southland, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 147 x 53 x 12.5mm
- Credit Line
- Sir Frederick Chapman
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D21.461
- On Display
- No
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