Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Flake
incomplete, edges have broken away, or adz is unfinished roughly rectangular. The surface is ground back with flaking elsewhere. No differentiation between the butt and blade. The bevel curved and is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp but chipped. Incomplete, broken adze Cross-section appears plano-convex. Surface is ground and bruised. It is unclear which end of the adze this is from. Two edges are rounded and one is ground on both sides. One sideof the blade is curved and polished and one side is flat and bruised.
Provenance Place:
Shag River, Waitaki District, Otago, New Zealand
D68.951
Details
- Provenance Place
- Shag River, Waitaki District, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 63 x 32 x 14mm
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D68.951
- On Display
- No
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