Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Incomplete unfinished adze, poll missing. Mid green stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is ground on the blade, bruised on the sides and flaked on the butt. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the blade taper in towards the poll and both curved to the proper left at the butt. The bevel is demarcated by a line of bruising on the proper right and bruising and a flake scar on the left. The cutting edge is oblique, sharp and chipped.
Provenance Place:
Long Point, Catlins, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand
D37.342
Details
- Provenance Place
- Long Point, Catlins, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 138 x 62.5 x 29mm
- Credit Line
- R Crews
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D37.342
- On Display
- No
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