Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Incomplete Trapezoidal blade and asymmetrical butt cross-section. Front of blade is mostly ground with some areas of bruising and flaking. Back of blade is ground. No differentiation between blade and butt. Butt and poll portion are not present on blade (perhaps flaked off). Bevel is demarcated with a ridge. Cutting edge is jagged and blunt.
Provenance Place:
Kaikōura, Kaikōura District, Canterbury, New Zealand
D33.60
Details
- Provenance Place
- Kaikōura, Kaikōura District, Canterbury, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 87.6 x 49.8 x 25mm
- Media/Materials
- greenstone, Jade, mineral, inorganic, Rock
- Credit Line
- W Ferry
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D33.60
- On Display
- No
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