Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete side-hafted adze. Greywacke. Light grey, mid grey, white. Cross-section of blade is rectangular. Cross-section of butt is asymmetrical. Surface is ground. Major differentiation between butt and blade, heavily reduced on proper right side. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is blunt and curved, heavily chipped. "Murdering Bch. Moa hunter" written on front.
Provenance Place:
Whareakeake, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
D54.64
Details
- Provenance Place
- Whareakeake, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 143.8 x 68.5 x 29.4mm
- Media/Materials
- Graywacke, Sedimentary, Rock, inorganic
- Credit Line
- C McArthur
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D54.64
- On Display
- No
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