Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Cross-section is asymmetrical. Surface is mostly ground, PR and PL sides have areas of roughness that runs down in a line. Tip of poll is bruised. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, blade is sharp and curved. There is a small flake missing in the centre of the blade.
Provenance Place:
Whareakeake, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
D20.287
Details
- Provenance Place
- Whareakeake, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 158 x 60 x 23mm
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Main Department
- Taoka Māori, Taoka Māori
- Secondary Department
- Kā taputapu, Mahi whakairo
- Accession Number
- D20.287
- On Display
- No
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