Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze Cross-section is trapezoidal, with back narrower than front Surface is flaked with some grounding on front of the blade and on bevel There is a reduction in the front of the butt. Bevel is narrow and continuous with the blade. The blade is tapered towards the cutting edge, which is curved and flaked
Provenance Place:
Papanui Inlet, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
D53.772
Details
- Provenance Place
- Papanui Inlet, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Ōtākou, Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 134.62mm (5 5/16")
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Main Department
- Taoka Māori, Taoka Māori
- Secondary Department
- Kā taputapu, Mahi whakairo
- Accession Number
- D53.772
- On Display
- No
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