Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Black stone. Trapezoidal cross-section with the back narrower than the front. The surface is mostly bruised, with ground areas on the blade and flake scars on the poll and cutting edge. There is a curved shoulder on the front of the blade. The stone is reduced on the front of the butt. The bevel is bruised and demarcated from the blade by a straight line. The cutting edge is flaked and chipped. There is staining from a dried liquid on the front proper left, the left side and the back proper left of the blade.
Provenance Place:
Te Waewae Bay, Southland District, South Island, New Zealand
D35.1285
Details
- Provenance Place
- Te Waewae Bay, Southland District, South Island, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 274 x 56 x 46mm
- Credit Line
- B Galloway
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Main Department
- Taoka Māori, Taoka Māori
- Secondary Department
- Kā taputapu, Mahi whakairo
- Accession Number
- D35.1285
- On Display
- No
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