Toki

Toki. Adze. Multipurpose tool used for carving wood and other materials. Carved from toka (stone). Grey in colour. Triangular cross-section. Dull cutting edge. Bevel is concave. Long blade, and shows evidence of pecking. Slightly raised shoulder. From the shoulder reduced to butt. Nearly half of butt broken off. Half of poll broken off. Overall surface treatment shows evidence of pecking.

Other Name

Adze (English)

Place

Cook Islands

Associated Place

Rarotonga/Cook Islands

Accession Number

1936.236

Accession Date

21 Aug 1936

Other Id

22685.1 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific