Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Unfinished, repaired adze. The cross section is asymmetrical: approximately rectangular, with the proper left side thinner than the proper left side, and the blade end thinner than the butt. The surface is predominantly bruised with some flaking on both sides of the cutting edge, along the edge of the blade on the proper right side, and across the back of the butt. Minor differentiation of the butt by the flaking on the back. The bevel is demarcated by a ridge created by flaking. The cutting edge is curved and blunt. The adze has broken diagonally across the blade and been glued back together. Excess glue is visible along the join.
Provenance Place:
Hoopers Inlet, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
D36.618
Details
- Provenance Place
- Hoopers Inlet, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Ōtākou, Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 135 x 70 x 25mm
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D36.618
- On Display
- No
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