discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou Toki human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa KēAdze (English)Kupu whakaahuaToki, Adze. Multipurpose tool used for carving wood and other materials.Carved from basalt toka (stone). Dark grey in colour. Triangular in cross-section. Dull cutting edge with chipping all the way along. Concave bevel surface. Sides have low level polish. Front of the blade is flat and treated with some polish. Side edges are chipped. Raised shoulder. From the shoulder reduced to butt. Butt and poll left flaked and roughly pecked.WāhiRarotonga/Cook IslandsWāhi HāngaiRarotonga/Cook IslandsAccession Number1987.747Rā Tāpiringa30 Nov 1987Tohu Tuakiri Kē52644 (ethnology)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete Toki, 1987.747, 52644, Photographed by Andrew Hales,… … Read more Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1987.747, 52644.Takenga ā-AhureaCook IslandsKaiwaihanga Matua Unknown (Maker)WāhiRarotonga/Cook IslandsRāPre 1987Wāhi HāngaiRarotonga/Cook IslandsTikanga Waihangacarved flaked pecked polishedWaitohu/mākaRarotonga (written) 52644 RAROTONGA (handwritten)Pāohostone/rock/inorganic materialRaraunga Ine117mm61mm39mmTaumata whakarōpūAdzeWoodworking T&ETools & Equipment AdzeWoodworking T&E04 Tools & Equipment for MaterialsWhakahounga o Mua03 May 2019 Tūemi e whai hononga Ngā hua o DigitalNZ QUARRELSOME MAORI QUARTETTE. (Poverty Bay Herald, 10 October 1919) National Library of New Zealand More Maori wanted for trades training Radio New Zealand Law lecturer wins post on UN forum Radio New Zealand Crime DNA match denied due to lack of informed consent Radio New Zealand SUPPLYING LIQUOR TO MAORI (Poverty Bay Herald, 27 January 1919) National Library of New Zealand Mea e whai hononga ai E hangaia tonutia ana te kohinga tuihono a Tāmaki Paenga Hira; tāpirihia ai ngā whakahoutanga me ngā pūkete i ia wiki. I ētahi wā, kāore anō kia whakaūhia ngā pūkete e ngā kaimahi o Te Whare Taonga, tēnā pea he hapa kei roto i ngā kōrero. Search hua Rapunga hou The gift of curiosity With unlimited free entry to all paid exhibitions, discounted event tickets and exclusive Member-only events, a Museum Membership is the gift that keeps on giving year-round. SEE OPTIONS FROM $60