Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete unfinished adze. Light grey/green stone. The cross-section is trapezoidal with the back narrower than the front. The surface is mostly bruised and flaked with a ground bevel and lower front of the blade. There is a reduction in the sides of the stone at the butt. The bevel is demarcated by the change of surface in an irregular line. The cutting edge is straight, smooth and sharp.
Provenance Place:
Manapouri, Fiordland, Southland, New Zealand
D65.984
Details
- Provenance Place
- Manapouri, Fiordland, Southland, New Zealand
- Field Collection Place
- Manapouri, Fiordland, Southland, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 155 x 53 x 27mm
- Credit Line
- Lawson Burrows
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D65.984
- On Display
- No
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