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Te Kohinga Taoka Māori

Collection Record

Adze, Toki

Incomplete adze, butt broken off. Oval cross-section. The surface is mostly ground on the blade with bruising and flake scars on the sides. There is an oblique line of flake scar at the base of where the butt had been. The bevel is smooth and continuous with the blade, demarcated on the sides by ridges. The cutting edge is curved, oblique and chipped.

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

D44.350

Details

Cultural Group
Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
Measurements
105 x 56 x 27mm
Media/Materials
Rock, inorganic
Credit Line
Charles Haines
Rights
All rights reserved
Department
Taoka Maori
Accession Number
D44.350
On Display
No

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