Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete unfinished adze. Dark brown stone. Quadrangular cross-section. The surface is bruised and ground. There is no distinction between the butt and the blade apart from a little bruising around the butt. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and asymmetrical.
Provenance Place:
Orepuki, Southland District, South Island, New Zealand
D33.1228
Details
- Provenance Place
- Orepuki, Southland District, South Island, New Zealand
- Field Collection Place
- Orepuki, Southland District, South Island, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 234 x 45 x 39mm
- Collection
- Dunlop Collection
- Credit Line
- R. Dunlop Collection
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D33.1228
- On Display
- No
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