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Object Number 47-54-70/2592
Display Title Stone adze
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adz blade, ground stone, flat sides, rounded to edge, tapering rectangular
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Maori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand
Additional Geographic Terms Auckland, north
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 15.2 x 7.2 x 2.6 cm (6 x 2 13/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-54-70/2592/ D.29.931.
Provenance
Exchange participant Otago Museum (1947)

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