Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Adze roughout, broken in two and glued back together. Grey stone. Surface is bruised. Cross-section is lenticular. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel is unfinished. Cutting edge is straight and ground flat. "Anderson's Bay" inscription. Two attached stickers read "John White Collection" and "Found at Anderson's Bay. The big piece was picked up about 9 months after the small one."
Provenance Place:
Andersons Bay, Dunedin, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
D73.15
Details
- Provenance Place
- Andersons Bay, Dunedin, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Ōtākou, Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 118 x 40 x 16.8mm
- Collection
- John White Collection
- Credit Line
- John White Collection
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D73.15
- On Display
- No
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