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Te Kohinga Taoka Māori

Collection Record

Adze, Toki

Complete unfinished adze. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is mostly bruised with some ground areas and flake scars on the lower blade. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade. The sides of the butt taper in towards the poll. The bevel is flaked and demarcated by a line on the proper left and a flake scar on the right.

Provenance Place:
Glenorchy, Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago, New Zealand

D44.341

Details

Cultural Group
Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
Measurements
163 x 52 x 25mm
Media/Materials
Rock, inorganic
Credit Line
Charles Haines
Rights
All rights reserved
Department
Taoka Maori
Accession Number
D44.341
On Display
No

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