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Te Kohinga Taoka Māori

Collection Record

Adze, Toki

Complete adze. Stone. Mid grey, mid red. Cross-section is roughly oval. Surface is mostly ground, bruising and flaking on sides, fragment missing from proper right lower blade. Undifferentiated between butt and blade. Bevel is demarcated by a line, though majority of bevel is missing due to fragment missing. Cutting edge chipped off. Tarewai written on front.

Provenance Place:
Tarewai Point, Otago Heads, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand

D45.1151

Details

Measurements
60 x 27 x 14mm
Media/Materials
Rock, inorganic
Credit Line
Mr Stephen Johnson
Rights
All rights reserved
Department
Taoka Maori
Accession Number
D45.1151
On Display
No

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