Toki

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Toki. Adze. doneTool used for multiple purposes including carving wooden objects. Carved from basalt toka (stone). Dark grey/brown in colour. Quadrangular in secton (trapezoid). Long and thin in shape. Cutting edge is polished but chipped. Bevel is highly polished continues up the blade towards the poll end. Front of blade is highly polished, longer in comparison to the shorter butt. Blade ends in prominent shoulder, reduced to butt. Butt shows evidence of pecking. Polished overall surface treatment.

Last Update: 3 May 2019
Other Name

Adze (English)

Place
Cook Islands
Associated Place

Mangaia/Cook Islands

Accession Date

1870

Other Id

11719 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

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Toki, 11719, 11719E, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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