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Kakau toki

human history
  • Other Name

    Handle (English)

    Haft (English)

  • Description

    Ruatangaeo. Hafted adze (adze missing). An intricately open-carved long and squared wooden haft. Light in weight. Loss of one section near the haft. Top of the haft carved out to accomodate the fitting of an adze. A piece of shark skin covers the top which would otherwise be open. Puru akari (braided coconut sennit) of a fine weave lashed on to the top of the haft. K-form carving motifs (signature Mangaian carving motif) carved all along the wooden pedestal.

    The lashing is natural in colour. The wooden haft is stained dark.

  • Place
    Mangaia/Cook Islands
  • Associated Place

    Mangaia/Cook Islands

  • Accession Number
    1958.57.21
  • Accession Date
    27 May 1958
  • Other Id

    35271 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • haft, adze, 1958.57.21, 35271, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 06 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1958.57.21, 35271, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 06 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1958.57.21, 35271, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 06 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1958.57.21, 35271, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 06 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1958.57.21, 35271, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 06 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1958.57.21, 35271, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 06 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1958.57.21, 35271, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 06 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1958.57.21, 35271, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 06 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1958.57.21, 35271, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 06 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1958.57.21, 35271, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 06 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1958.57.21, 35271, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 06 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1958.57.21, 35271, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 06 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply

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