Adze

Object detail

Production period

Pre Colonial

Collection

Te Ahu Heritage Museum

Media/Materials

Speckled Stone

Measurements

14L
6.5W
2.5D

Physical description

Large, light grey coloured adze. Piece has a rounded handle, worked and squared off sides and terminates in a fine sharp cutting edge. Overall, the piece has a distinctly speckled appearance, due to the presence of many tiny light brown spots.

Accession number

321

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Collection type

Taonga Māori

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