Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Cross-section is trapezoidal with back narrower than front. Front side is almost completely ground, except for a medium flake on the centre at the bottom of the blade. Back side has large patches of flaking on either side, two on the PL side and one on the PR side. Theses flakes extend down the sides. Rest is ground. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is demarcated by a line, blade is sharp and curved. There is a medium sized flake in the centre of the blade.
Provenance Place:
Purakanui, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
D45.1101
Details
- Provenance Place
- Purakanui, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 152 x 66 x 24mm
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D45.1101
- On Display
- No
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