discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Ruatangaeo human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa KēAdze, Hafted (English)Kupu whakaahuaRuatangaeo. Hafted adze. Toki (adze - trapezoidal in cross section) of basalt stone lashed with finely braided puru akari (coconut sennit) to an intricately open-carved long and squared wooden haft. Loss at the lower end of the handle. Sennit lashing is frayed in some places. The toki is carved and polished at the blade and left roughly pecked at the poll. Upper area of the poll is covered with a piece of shark skin between the toki and the lashing. K-form carving motifs (signature Mangaian carving motif) carved in repetition all along the handle. The toki is dark in colour. The lashing and carved wooden haft are dark brown in colour.WāhiMangaia/Cook IslandsWāhi HāngaiMangaia/Cook IslandsRā Tāpiringa1927Tohu Tuakiri Kē14485 (ethnology)B7 (Edge-Partington)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete Ruatangaeo, 14485, B7, 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, 14485Takenga ā-AhureaCook IslandsKohingaT W Leys MemorialKaiwaihanga Matua Unknown (Maker)WāhiMangaia/Cook IslandsRāPre 1927Wāhi HāngaiMangaia/Cook IslandsTikanga Waihangacarved lashed braidedWaitohu/mākaMANGAIA D. Leys Memorial (sticker) C. Fund 4 Nov 1895 U. S. M. (sticker) Mangaia 4 Nov 1896 U. S. M. (handwritten)Pāohostone/rock/inorganic materialwood/plant materialRaraunga Ine795mm230mm55mmTaumata whakarōpūadze, ceremonialCeremonial ArtefactsCommunication ArtefactsWhakahounga o Mua20 Sep 2018 Tūemi e whai hononga Ngā hua o DigitalNZ Ruatangaeo (ceremonial adze) Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Ruatangaeo (ceremonial adze) Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Ruatangaeo (ceremonial adze) Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Ruatangaeo (ceremonial adze) Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Ruatangaeo (ceremonial adze) Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 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. 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