Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Light green/grey stone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is bruised and ground. There is major distinction between the butt and the blade. There is a large curved shoulder on the front of the blade, with a reduction in the front and sides of the butt. The butt is heavily bruised. The bevel is long and demarcated by a curved protruding chin. The cutting edge is curved and chipped.
Provenance Place:
Invercargill, Invercargill City, Southland, New Zealand
D35.1323
Details
- Provenance Place
- Invercargill, Invercargill City, Southland, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 290 x 78 x 59mm
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Main Department
- Taoka Māori, Taoka Māori
- Secondary Department
- Kā taputapu, Mahi whakairo
- Accession Number
- D35.1323
- On Display
- No
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