Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Incomplete adze, broken, blade and bevel end only. Grey stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is ground on the bevel and the back of the blade, but flaked on the front. The broken end is flaked, and the sides are bruised. There is no butt. The bevel is demarcated by a curved line on the blade. The cutting edge is asymmetrical and blunt.
Provenance Place:
Murihiku, South Island, New Zealand
D50.149
Details
- Provenance Place
- Murihiku, South Island, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 92 x 38 x 37mm
- Credit Line
- Mr R Green
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Main Department
- Taoka Māori, Taoka Māori
- Secondary Department
- Kā taputapu, Mahi whakairo
- Accession Number
- D50.149
- On Display
- No
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