Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Adze, Toki
Complete adze. Triangular cross-section at butt, quadrangular at blade. The surface is mostly ground on the blade, bruised on the butt and has large flake scars across its surface. There is a protruding shoulder in the centre front of the blade beneath the butt. The stone of the front of the butt is reduced. The bevel is demarcated by an asymmetrical curved ridge. The cutting edge is chipped and irregular.
Provenance Place:
Dunback, Waitaki District, Otago, New Zealand
D57.3
Details
- Provenance Place
- Dunback, Waitaki District, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 180 x 42 x 44mm
- Credit Line
- Mr G Bell
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D57.3
- On Display
- No
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