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toki

human history
  • Other Name

    adze

  • Description

    adze, complete. Quadrangular cross section. Butt undifferentiated from blade. Flaked at the poll. Two flakes detached from front and lateral side. Curved bevel with no line of demarcation. Straight, sharp cutting edge, small flakes detached from along the edge. Ground all over

  • Place
    Unknown
  • Associated Place

    Rekohu, Chatham Islands/New Zealand

  • Accession Date
    1892
  • Other Id

    416 (ethnology)

    736 (Taonga Database)

  • Department

    Archaeology

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  • Toki, 416, 736, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 03 Apr 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 416, 736, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 03 Apr 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 416, 736, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 03 Apr 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 416, 736, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 03 Apr 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply

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