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Toki

human history
  • Other Name

    Adze (English)

  • Description

    Toki. Adze. doneTool used for multiple purposes including carving wooden objects. Carved from basalt toka (stone). Dark grey/brown in colour. Quadrangular in secton (trapezoid). Long and thin in shape. Cutting edge is polished but chipped. Bevel is highly polished continues up the blade towards the poll end. Front of blade is highly polished, longer in comparison to the shorter butt. Blade ends in prominent shoulder, reduced to butt. Butt shows evidence of pecking.

    Polished overall surface treatment.

  • Place
    Cook Islands
  • Associated Place

    Mangaia/Cook Islands

  • Accession Date
    1870
  • Other Id

    11719 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Toki, 11719, 11719E, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 11719, 11719E, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 11719, 11719E, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 11719, 11719E, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 11719, 11719E, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 11719, 11719E, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 11719, 11719E, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 11719, 11719E, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply

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