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Te Kohinga Taoka Māori

Collection Record

Adze, Toki

Complete unfinished adze. Light grey stone. Oval cross-section. The surface is mostly bruised with some flake scars and ground areas on the bevel and the front of the blade. The surface of the blade changes from ground to bruised on the front proper left at the butt, and the proper right is flaked. The bevel is demarcated by lines of bruising. The cutting edge is curved and irregular.

Provenance Place:
Invercargill, Invercargill City, Southland, New Zealand

D35.1361

Details

Cultural Group
Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
Measurements
139 x 52 x 25mm
Media/Materials
Rock, inorganic
Rights
All rights reserved
Department
Taoka Maori
Accession Number
D35.1361
On Display
No

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