Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Side hafted adze. Surface is bruised. Major differentiation between butt and blade - proper right side heavily reduced, leaving a handle like shape on proper left of adze. Bevel is demarcated by surface, where it changes from bruised on the butt to ground on the bevel and cutting edge. Cutting edge is sharp and curved. Large chips along edge.
Provenance Place:
Palmerston, Waitaki District, Otago, New Zealand, Shag River, Waitaki District, Otago, New Zealand, Shag River, Waitaki District, Otago, New Zealand
D65.976
Details
- Production Place
- Otago, New Zealand
- Provenance Place
- Palmerston, Waitaki District, Otago, New Zealand, Shag River, Waitaki District, Otago, New Zealand, Shag River, Waitaki District, Otago, New Zealand
- Field Collection Place
- Shag River, Waitaki District, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Media/Materials
- argillite, Sedimentary, Rock, inorganic, stone
- Credit Line
- Master D MacIntosh
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D65.976
- On Display
- No
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