Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Sinker, Adze, Toki
Complete adze, lenticular cross-section. The surface is mostly bruised with some large flake scars and a ground area on one side of the lower blade. It is unclear which side of the adze is the front. The sides of the adze taper in from the cutting edge to the poll. There is no obvious bevel. The cutting edge is blunt and relatively straight.
Provenance Place:
Kaka Point, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand
D62.166
Details
- Provenance Place
- Kaka Point, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 95 x 42 x 19mm
- Media/Materials
- greenstone, Jade, mineral, inorganic
- Credit Line
- Mr R Law and R MacPherson
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D62.166
- On Display
- No
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