Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface of blade is ground, surface of butt is bruised. Major differentiation between butt and blade, sides and front reduced. Bevel is demarcated by surface, where it changes from bruised on the butt to ground on the bevel and cutting edge. Cutting edge is sharp and curved.
Provenance Place:
Dunedin, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
D89.8
Details
- Provenance Place
- Dunedin, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 129 x 67 x 30mm
- Media/Materials
- argillite, Sedimentary, Rock, inorganic
- Credit Line
- Mr Lindsay Frazer
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D89.8
- On Display
- No
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