Toki taraī

Toki tarai. Hafted adze. Toki (adze - trapezoidal in cross section) of basalt stone lashed with braided puru akari (coconut sennit) to shaped wooden haft, loss at the terminal end. The toki is carved and polished at the blade and left roughly pecked at the poll. The toki is dark in colour. The lashing and carved wooden haft are stained dark in colour.

Other Name

Adze, Hafted (English)

Place

Cook Islands

Associated Place

Cook Islands

Accession Number

1917.28

Accession Date

1917

Other Id

8815 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific