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Object Number 38-68-70/1006
Display Title Stone adze (toki) - broken cutting edge
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Toki
Inventory Description Adz, tapered, rectangular worked blade, 2 major chips, soil accretions
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Maori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand / Manawatu-Wanganui / <County> / Wanganui District
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 18 x 4.8 x 2.9 cm (7 1/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 38-68-70/1006

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North Island
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