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Te Kohinga Taoka Māori

Collection Record

Adze, Toki

Broken piece of large adze. Grey stone with dark lines through it. The cross-section is oval. The surface is bruised and flaked at the broken ends. The piece appear to be from the middle section of an adze, neither the butt nor the bevel end. There are a couple of spots of yellow paint on one side.

Provenance Place:
Lake Brunner, Westland District, West Coast, New Zealand

D62.200

Details

Cultural Group
Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
Measurements
112.5 x 70 x 36mm
Media/Materials
argillite, Sedimentary, Rock, inorganic
Rights
All rights reserved
Department
Taoka Maori
Accession Number
D62.200
On Display
No

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