Te Kohinga Taoka Māori

Collection Record

Adze, Toki

Complete adze. The cross section is asymmetrical: lozenge shaped on the proper left side, with a sawing mark and ridge dominating the proper right side. There is a ridge down the centre of the back. The surface is ground. There is a clear, rough substance adhered to the front surface near the poll which also has trapped hair or fibres adhered to it. The butt is undifferentiated. The poll is reduced almost to a point. The bevel is demarcated by a triangular ridge at the chin. The cutting edge is asymmetrically curved, with the proper left side of the blade longer than the right. The cutting edge is sharp.

Production Primary Date:
Mid

Provenance Place:
Pīpīkāretu, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand, Pīpīkāretu, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand, Westland, West Coast, New Zealand

D24.1454

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