Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Black stone. Cross-section is lenticular. Surface is bruised and flaked. Differentiation between butt and blade; sides tapered toward the poll. There is no obvious bevel. Cutting edge is curved and sharp. "PapanuiInl" inscription
Provenance Place:
Papanui Inlet, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
D29.32
Details
- Provenance Place
- Papanui Inlet, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Ōtākou, Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 53 x 31.5 x 12mm
- Credit Line
- Fels Fund, W Dick
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Main Department
- Taoka Māori, Taoka Māori
- Secondary Department
- Kā taputapu, Mahi whakairo
- Accession Number
- D29.32
- On Display
- No
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