Skip to content
Checkout

Te Kohinga Taoka Māori

Collection Record

Adze, Toki

Broken adze, bevel end remaining. The cross section is trapezoidal with the back narrower than the front. The surface is ground with some chipping on the proper left side. The butt is absent. The bevel is demarcated by a line at the back and a ridge at the sides. The cutting edge is asymmetrically curved with the proper left side of the blade shorter than the right. The edge is sharp.

Provenance Place:
Pīpīkāretu, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand

D29.2119

Details

Measurements
30 x 19.5 x 11mm
Media/Materials
stone, inorganic
Rights
All rights reserved
Department
Taoka Maori
Accession Number
D29.2119
On Display
No

Rapua te kohika

Search the Collection

Rapu mā ia wāhaka

Search by Department