Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Cross section is irregular but roughly rectangular. The surface is ground with some bruising on the sides of the butt. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is demarcated by a faint line. The cutting edge is sharp and asymmetrically curved, with the proper right side longer. There are numerous short striations along both sides of the cutting edge. There is a rectangular ridge running down the centre of the proper right side, from the cutting edge to the butt.
Production Primary Date:
Mid
Provenance Place:
Kaikai Beach, Otago Heads, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand, Westland, West Coast, New Zealand
D34.836
Details
- Provenance Place
- Kaikai Beach, Otago Heads, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand, Westland, West Coast, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 163 x 64mm
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D34.836
- On Display
- No
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