Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Stone. Black, mid brown. Cross-section of butt is oval, cross-section of blade is rectangular. Surface is mostly bruised with some flaking, ground down front and on bevel. Major differentiation between butt and blade, proper right side heavily reduced, probably a side-hafted adze. Bevel is demarcated by flaking. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, chipped mid-cutting edge and on proper right side. Glenorchy written on front.
Provenance Place:
Glenorchy, Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago, New Zealand
D44.314
Details
- Provenance Place
- Glenorchy, Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 136.1 x 55.8 x 23.9mm
- Credit Line
- Charles Haines
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D44.314
- On Display
- No
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