Adze Blade

18231

From: New Zealand

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Native Name Toki
Object Number 18231
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Maori
Provenience New Zealand
Period Te Puawaitanga Period
Date Made 1500-1800 CE
Section Oceanian
Materials Sandstone
Description

A long, tapered, quadrangular toki (adze blade) with a beveled edge. Polished along the edges, signs of wear along the middle of the blade, made of greywacke (a type of sandstone).

Stone adze blades were generally lashed to a handle and often used for wood carving.

Length 12.5 cm
Width 5.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Edward Drinker Cope, 1892
Other Number 360 - Other Number

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