Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Gouge, Adze, Toki
Complete gouge. Grey stone. Plano-convex cross-section, with the back flattened. The surface is ground on the front of the blade and the bevel, and flaked and bruised elsewhere. There is a steep but irregular slope on the front of the butt from towards the poll that distinguishes the butt from the blade. The bevel is demarcated by a ridge on the proper left and has a flake scar on the proper right. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.
Provenance Place:
Haast River, Westland District, West Coast, New Zealand
D38.298
Details
- Provenance Place
- Haast River, Westland District, West Coast, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 128 x 31 x 28mm
- Media/Materials
- argillite, Sedimentary, Rock, inorganic
- Credit Line
- G Mackley
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Main Department
- Taoka Māori
- Secondary Department
- Mahi whakairo
- Accession Number
- D38.298
- On Display
- No
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