Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete unfinished adze. Oval cross-section. The surface is mostly bruised with a ground area on the front lower blade and flaked on the back lower blade. There is a straight protruding shoulder on the front of the blade and a reduction in the stone on the front of the butt. The sides of the butt taper in towards the poll. The bevel is indicated by flake scars and demarcated by a line of bruising. The cutting edge is straight, blunt and chipped. There is a small patch of white stone on the poll.
Provenance Place:
Glenorchy, Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago, New Zealand
D44.348
Details
- Provenance Place
- Glenorchy, Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 119 x 34 x 25mm
- Credit Line
- Charles Haines
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D44.348
- On Display
- No
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