Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Light brown stone. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is mostly bruised and flaked. Minor differentiation between the butt and blade; sides slightly tapered toward the poll. Bevel is demarcated by a change in surface from ground to flaked. Cutting edge is curved and blunt. "Papanui" inscription.
Provenance Place:
Papanui Inlet, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
D29.46
Details
- Provenance Place
- Papanui Inlet, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Ōtākou, Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 98 x 29.5 x 14mm
- Credit Line
- Fels Fund, W. Dick
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D29.46
- On Display
- No
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