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Toki

human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    Adze (English)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Toki. Adze. Multipurpose tool used for carving wood and other materials. Carved from toka (stone). Dark grey in colour. Triangular cross-section. Dull cutting edge. Bevel surface is steep. Short blade with low level polish. Prominent shoulder. From the shoulder reduced to butt. Long butt, and left pecked. Poll left flaked. Low to moderate polish all over.

  • Wāhi
  • Accession Number
    1927.88
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    1927
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    10880 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga
Toki, 1927.88, 10880, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital,… … Read more

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