Toki

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Toki. Adze. Multipurpose tool used for carving wood and other materials. Carved from toka (stone). Light brown in colour. Trapezoidal in cross-section. Dull cutting edge. Bevel is rounded, shallow. Sides are smooth. Front of the blade is flat with areas of pecking evident. Prominent shoulder. From the shoulder reduced to butt and poll. BUtt and poll left pecked. Overall surface treatment is polished.

Accession number: 1942.72 Last Update: 3 May 2019
Other Name

Adze (English)

Place
Cook Islands
Associated Place

Cook Islands

Accession Number

1942.72

Accession Date

02 Jul 1942

Other Id

26485.6 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

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Toki, 1942.72, 26485.6, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 01 Sep 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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