Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Stone. Green. Cross-section of blade is rectangular, slightly rounded, cross-section of butt is oval. Surface is ground. Major differentiation between butt and blade, demarcated by a ridge, sides reduced after ridge. Large fragment missing from front of butt. Bevel is continuous with blade, cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped. Hedgehope Southland written on front.
Provenance Place:
Southland District, South Island, New Zealand
D35.1340
Details
- Provenance Place
- Southland District, South Island, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 295 x 84 x 40mm
- Credit Line
- R Brown
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Main Department
- Taoka Māori, Taoka Māori
- Secondary Department
- Kā taputapu, Mahi whakairo
- Accession Number
- D35.1340
- On Display
- No
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