Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Broken piece of large adze, lower blade and bevel only. Rectangular cross-section. Dark green/brown stone. The surface is bruised, ground and flaked at the cutting edge and the broken end. There is no butt. The bevel is clearly demarcated from the blade by a curved ridge. The bevel is slightly concave and the cutting edge is completely replaced by flake scars.
Provenance Place:
Otago, New Zealand
D25.1926
Details
- Provenance Place
- Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 102 x 65 x 39mm
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Main Department
- Taoka Māori, Taoka Māori
- Secondary Department
- Kā taputapu, Mahi whakairo
- Accession Number
- D25.1926
- On Display
- No
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