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Te Kohinga Taoka Māori

Collection Record

Adze, Toki

Complete adze. Speckled brown stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is ground on the blade and bruised on the bevel. There is a reduction in the stone on the sides of the butt and rounded shoulders on the sides of the blade. The bevel is demarcated by a ridge. The cutting edge is oblique and sharp.

Provenance Place:
Invercargill, Invercargill City, Southland, New Zealand

D35.1332

Details

Cultural Group
Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
Measurements
152 x 50 x 47mm
Media/Materials
Rock, inorganic
Rights
All rights reserved
Main Department
Taoka Māori, Taoka Māori
Secondary Department
Kā taputapu, Mahi whakairo
Accession Number
D35.1332
On Display
No

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