Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete unfinished adze. Rounded quadrangular cross-section. The surface is ground, bruised and flaked. There is not distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the butt taper in towards a rounded poll. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp
Production Primary Date:
Early
Provenance Place:
Glenorchy, Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago, New Zealand, Route Burn, Milford Sound, Fiordland, Southland, New Zealand
D44.251
Details
- Provenance Place
- Glenorchy, Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago, New Zealand, Route Burn, Milford Sound, Fiordland, Southland, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 122 x 36 x 17mm
- Credit Line
- Charles Haines
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D44.251
- On Display
- No
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