Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Light grey stone. Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is ground. No differentiation between butt and blade; sides taper toward poll. Bevel is continuous with the blade. Cutting edge is curved and sharp but chipped.
Provenance Place:
Waimate, Waimate District, Canterbury, New Zealand
D25.1708
Details
- Provenance Place
- Waimate, Waimate District, Canterbury, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 222 x 87.3 x 19mm
- Media/Materials
- argillite, Sedimentary, Rock, inorganic
- Credit Line
- Leslie Orbell
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Main Department
- Taoka Māori, Taoka Māori
- Secondary Department
- Kā taputapu, Mahi whakairo
- Accession Number
- D25.1708
- On Display
- No
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