Toki

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Toki. Adze. Multipurpose tool used for carving wood and other materials. Carved from toka (stone). Light grey in colour. Triangular cross-section. Sharp cutting edge. Bevel surface curves into cutting edge, concave towards upper part of the blade. Front of blade is flat and highly polished. Raised shoulder, reduced to butt. Butt is roughly polished, terminates in a roughly polished poll. Overall surface treatment is polished with areas of higher polish.

Accession number: 1950.113 Last Update: 3 May 2019
Other Name

Adze (English)

Place
Cook Islands
Associated Place

Mangaia/Cook Islands

Accession Number

1950.113

Accession Date

08 Jun 1950

Other Id

31969.3 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

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Toki, 1950.113, 31969.3, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 16 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
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