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toki

human history
  • Other Name

    adze

  • Description

    adze. Very shallow quadrangular cross section. Butt undifferentiated from poll. Flat, rounded poll. Long, straight bevel with no line of demarcation. Cutting edge is damaged with multiple flakes detached from edge. Spiral shape etched into the back of the adze butt and two wavy lines on the front. Ground on front, back and sides

  • Place
    Rekohu, Chatham Islands/New Zealand
  • Associated Place

    Rekohu, Chatham Islands/New Zealand

  • Accession Date
    1872
  • Other Id

    461 (ethnology)

    782 (Taonga Database)

  • Department

    Māori

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  • Toki, 461, 782, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 28 Mar 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 461, 782, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 28 Mar 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 461, 782, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 28 Mar 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 461, 782, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 28 Mar 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply

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