Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Blade, Toki
Complete adze. Stone. Black. Cross-section of blade is trapezoidal, back narrower than front. Cross-section of butt is oval. Surface is ground, sides of butt bruised. Major differentiation between butt and blade. Sides heavily reduced, but flare out again at poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved.
Provenance Place:
Hawks Burn, Central Otago District, Otago, New Zealand
D79.6690
Details
- Provenance Place
- Hawks Burn, Central Otago District, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 115 x 44 x 23mm
- Media/Materials
- Silcrete, Metamorphic, Rock, inorganic, stone
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori, Archaeology
- Accession Number
- D79.6690
- On Display
- No
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