Toki (Adze)
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Description
A toki made of hard fine grained grey/black rock. Polished with rough patches bottom side centre to butt edege. Chipped all along right side top. Cutting edge chipped. Found Ōtūmoetai Pā under palisading.
Production place
Otumoetai, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Measurements
113mm (length), 57mm (width at cutting edge), 31mm (width at butt), 24mm (depth)
Credit line
Gifted by James Porter
Accession number
1583/85
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