Te tanai

Te tanai. Hafted adze tool. This is a fractured part of an adze blade. It is the widest part of the blade. The top surface has been smoothed. The furrowed lines of te aubunga (tridacna gigas; clam shell) exterior still remains across the convex surface. The fractured side is defined by layers of nicks. It varies in grey tones with an underlying off-white colour. The base side edges of the blade is smooth. It is an off-white colour with some light blue tones across the side areas. A crack line runs across the centre area.