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Ruatangaeo

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  • Other Name

    Hafted Adze (English)

  • Description

    Ruatangaeo. Hafted adze. Ruatangaeo is composed of a polished toki (adze) that is triangular in cross section. Toki is carved from toka kerekere (black basalt stone) and lashed to a carved rakau (wooden) kakau toki (handle/haft) with a squared pedestal base. The toki is lashed to the kakau toki with puru akari (coconut sennit) worked into a flat iri taki toru (3-ply braid). A piece of leather or shark skin is placed between the lashing and the adze, acting as a gasket.

    Finely carved surface decoration is applied to the entirety of the kakau toki, consisting of repeated triangular and 'K-form' motifs (signature Mangaian carving motif). The lashing is natural in colour. Carved kakau toki is stained dark brown in colour.

  • Place
    Mangaia/Cook Islands
  • Associated Place

    Mangaia/Cook Islands

  • Accession Number
    1932.602
  • Accession Date
    05 Dec 1932
  • Other Id

    18909 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Ruatangaeo, 1932.602, 18909, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 14 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1932.602, 18909, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 14 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1932.602, 18909, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 14 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1932.602, 18909, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 14 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1932.602, 18909, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 14 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1932.602, 18909, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 14 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1932.602, 18909, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 14 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1932.602, 18909, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 14 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1932.602, 18909, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 14 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1932.602, 18909, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 14 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1932.602, 18909, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 14 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1932.602, 18909, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 14 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1932.602, 18909, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 14 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1932.602, 18909, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 14 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1932.602, 18909, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 14 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply

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