condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Collections Online

Collections record

discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml

Toki taraī

human history
  • Other Name

    Adze, Hafted (English)

  • Description

    Toki tarai. Hafted adze. A highly polished toki (adze - quadrangular in cross section, convex) of toka kerekere (black basalt stone) hafted to a long, carved wooden haft. The middle of the haft is carved in a series of geometric shapes and decorative lines, grooves, and notches. Lashing of puru akari (braided coconut sennit) of a flat iri taki toru (3-ply braid) lashed on to the top of the haft to secure the adze.

    The lashing is natural in colour and the toki (adze) is dark in colour.

  • Place
    Cook Islands
  • Accession Number
    1984.92
  • Other Id

    50777 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

Toki taraī, 1984.92, 50777, Photographed by Andrew Hales,… … Read more

Images and documents

Images

  • Toki taraī, 1984.92, 50777, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 18 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki taraī, 1984.92, 50777, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 18 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki taraī, 1984.92, 50777, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 18 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki taraī, 1984.92, 50777, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 18 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki taraī, 1984.92, 50777, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 18 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki taraī, 1984.92, 50777, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 18 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki taraī, 1984.92, 50777, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 18 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki taraī, 1984.92, 50777, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 18 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki taraī, 1984.92, 50777, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 18 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki taraī, 1984.92, 50777, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 18 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki taraī, 1984.92, 50777, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 18 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki taraī, 1984.92, 50777, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 18 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply

Artefact

The development of the Auckland War Memorial Museum online collection is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

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

The gift of curiosity