Toki

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Toki. Adze. Tool used for multiple purposes including carving wooden objects. Carved from basalt stone. Triangular cross-section. Sharp cutting edge with shallow chip at one end. Bevel is polished, concave towards cutting edge. Blade is flat and is highly polished. Adze has a prominent shoulder with defined edge. Triangular butt, highly polished. Surface treatmnt of poll is also polished. Overall is polished surface treatment. Surface colous is brown with black undertone. Purchase of the Edward Earle Vaile Trust Fund in 1947 from the collection of L. Moncrieff Nutt.

Accession number: 1947.106 Last Update: 3 May 2019
Other Name

Adze (English)

Associated Place

Mangaia/Cook Islands

Accession Number

1947.106

Accession Date

19 Jun 1947

Other Id

29639 (ethnology)

38 (Nutt)

Department

Pacific

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Toki, 1947.106, 29639, 38, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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