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toki

human history
  • Other Name

    adze

  • Description

    adze. Quadrangular cross section. Butt undifferentiated from blade. Width of butt reduced towards poll. Poll is flat. Short, curved bevel with no line of demarcation. Cutting edge is straight and sharp with multiple small flakes detached from along the edge. Flakes detached from bevel later. Bruised around poll. Ground on the front, back and sides

  • Accession Number
    1925.162
  • Other Id

    6788A (ethnology)

  • Department
toki, 1925.162, 6788A, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital,… … Read more

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