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Toki

human history
  • Other Name

    Adze (English)

  • Description

    Toki. Adze. Tool used for multiple purposes including carving wooden objects. Carved from basalt toka (stone). Stone is dark in colour. Quadrangular cross-section. Sharp cutting edge. Bevel is highly polished, concaved. Blade secton is longer than the butt and is highly polished. Shoulder is present above the blade. Reduced to butt. Butt is somewhat polished. Poll is left dull and unpolished, with evidence of pecking.

    Overall surface treatment is polished with pecking apparent in some areas.

  • Place
    Mangaia/Cook Islands
  • Associated Place

    Mangaia/Cook Islands

  • Accession Date
    1870
  • Other Id

    11717 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Toki, 11717, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 11717, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 11717, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 11717, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 11717, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 11717, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 11717, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 11717, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply

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