Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Asymmetrical at poll, trapezoidal at blade with back narrower than front. Ground blade, with bruising around butt and poll. Butt has major differentiation - sides and front have been heavily reduced and shoulders have been raised. Bevel demarcated by a faint ridge across the blade. Cutting edge is smooth, blunt and rounded, tapering up toward the left side proper.
Provenance Place:
Little Papanui, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
D31.1261
Details
- Provenance Place
- Little Papanui, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Ōtākou, Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 135.5 x 72.3 x 31.5mm
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D31.1261
- On Display
- No
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