Toki

Description
Large stone adze. Dark grey. Bruised smooth but lightly pitted, lighter in pitted areas. Symmetrical. Oval with a line running down centre on butt. Large chip on one lateral edge. Five lateral edges (two at the blade end, two lateral and one at the poll end). The shape of the adze is distinctive as the blade end made up of two edges that meet at a sharpened point.
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Description
Large stone adze. Dark grey. Bruised smooth but lightly pitted, lighter in pitted areas. Symmetrical. Oval with a line running down centre on butt. Large chip on one lateral edge. Five lateral edges (two at the blade end, two lateral and one at the poll end). The shape of the adze is distinctive as the blade end made up of two edges that meet at a sharpened point.
Subject categories
Māori culture
Department
Taonga Māori
ID number
12990

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