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Toki

human history
  • Other Name

    Adze (English)

  • Description

    Toki. Adze. Multipurpose tool used for carving wood and other materials. Carved from toka (stone). Light grey in colour. Triangular cross-section. Sharp cutting edge. Small bevel surface. Front of blade is rounded. Slight shoulder at the top of the blade, reduces to butt. Adze terminates in a short butt and roughly worked poll. Overall surface treatment of the adze is roughly polished, area of flaking still evident.

  • Place
    [Mangaia]/Cook Islands
  • Associated Place

    Mangaia/Cook Islands

  • Accession Number
    1950.113
  • Accession Date
    08 Jun 1950
  • Other Id

    31967.1 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Toki, 1950.113, 31967.1, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 1950.113, 31967.1, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 1950.113, 31967.1, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 1950.113, 31967.1, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 1950.113, 31967.1, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 1950.113, 31967.1, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 1950.113, 31967.1, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 1950.113, 31967.1, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply

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