Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Cross section at butt is plano-convex with back flattened. Cross section of blade is rectangular. The surface of the blade is ground with some bruising along the back/side edges, the surface of the butt is bruised. The butt is strongly differentiated by a change in cross section from rectangular to plano-convex. The butt is also bruised whereas the blade is mostly ground. The bevel is demarcated by a curved line along the chin. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.
Provenance Place:
Kaikai Beach, Otago Heads, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
D45.137
Details
- Provenance Place
- Kaikai Beach, Otago Heads, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 118 x 35 x 25mm
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Main Department
- Taoka Māori, Taoka Māori
- Secondary Department
- Kā taputapu, Mahi whakairo
- Accession Number
- D45.137
- On Display
- No
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