Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, quartzite, Toki
Complete adze Cross-section is rectangular. Surface of front is ground. Back is flaked. No differentiation between butt and blade. Sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line. Blade is sharp and straight, chipped.
Provenance Place:
Pahia Point, Te Waewae Bay, Southland District, South Island, New Zealand, Oturehua, Central Otago District, Otago, New Zealand
D66.1695
Details
- Provenance Place
- Pahia Point, Te Waewae Bay, Southland District, South Island, New Zealand, Oturehua, Central Otago District, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 66 x 28 x 6mm
- Media/Materials
- Silcrete, Metamorphic, Rock, inorganic, stone
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D66.1695
- On Display
- No
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