Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete small adze. Green stone. Rounded quadrangular cross-section. The surface is smooth, flaked and bruised. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The proper right side of the blade tapers in towards the poll from the halfway up the blade. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is oblique and sharp.
Provenance Place:
Centre Island, Foveaux Strait, Southland, New Zealand
D21.715
Details
- Provenance Place
- Centre Island, Foveaux Strait, Southland, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 67.5 x 26 x 11mm
- Credit Line
- Sir Frederick Chapman
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D21.715
- On Display
- No
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