Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Broken adze, missing poll and most of butt. Light grey, dark brown stone. The cross-section is trapezoidal with the back narrower than the front. The surface is mostly bruised with flake scars. There is a distinct shoulder on the front of the blade, and a reduction of the stone on the front and sides of the butt. The bevel is mostly flaked but the proper right side is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is blunt and flaked.
Provenance Place:
The Neck, Rakiura, Southland, New Zealand
D32.395
Details
- Provenance Place
- The Neck, Rakiura, Southland, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 117 x 44 x 32.5mm
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D32.395
- On Display
- No
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