Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Dark green and light brown stone. Surface is ground with bruising on the front of butt. Cross-section is square on the butt and rectangular on the blade. Some reduction on the front of butt at the poll. Sides taper toward the poll. Bevel is demarcated by a curved line. Cutting edge is sharp and straight, but with two large flakes missing from the centre. "Paua Bay Banks Peninsula" inscription on front.
Provenance Place:
Banks Peninsula, Banks Peninsula District, Canterbury, New Zealand
D35.1422
Details
- Provenance Place
- Banks Peninsula, Banks Peninsula District, Canterbury, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 173 x 62.5 x 35.5mm
- Media/Materials
- argillite, Sedimentary, Rock, inorganic
- Credit Line
- L Vangioni
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D35.1422
- On Display
- No
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