Toki (Adze)
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Description
A toki made of hard fine grained grey/black stone. Smooth top side. Bottom side rough. Butt end bruised and roughened. Blade chipped. All edges flaked. Found in creek between White Cliffs Taranaki and Tangaparoki, about 1919.
Production place
New Zealand
Measurements
140mm (length), 52mm (width at cutting edge), 14mm (width at butt edge), 26mm (depth)
Credit line
Gifted by C. W. Morey
Accession number
1561/85
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