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Ruatangaeo

human history
  • Other Name

    Handle (English)

    Haft (English)

  • Description

    Ruatangaeo. Hafted adze (adze missing). A long, carved wooden haft with a squared pedestal base. Top of the haft carved out to accommodate the fitting of the toki. Lashing of puru akari (braided coconut sennit) of a fine flat iri taki toru (3-ply braid) lashed on to the top of the haft to secure the adze, with a piece of shark skin between the lashing and the adze, acting as a gasket.

    Carved surface decoration applied to the entirety of the wooden haft consisting of repeated triangular and 'K-form' motifs (signature Mangaian carving motif). Lashing is natural in colour. Carved wooden haft stained dark brown in colour.

  • Place
    Mangaia/Cook Islands
  • Associated Place

    Mangaia/Cook Islands

  • Accession Number
    1984.89
  • Other Id

    50780.2 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • haft, adze, 1984.89, 50780.2, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 17 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1984.89, 50780.2, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 17 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1984.89, 50780.2, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 17 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1984.89, 50780.2, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 17 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1984.89, 50780.2, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 17 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1984.89, 50780.2, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 17 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1984.89, 50780.2, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 17 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1984.89, 50780.2, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 17 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1984.89, 50780.2, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 17 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1984.89, 50780.2, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 17 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1984.89, 50780.2, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 17 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1984.89, 50780.2, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 17 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1984.89, 50780.2, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 17 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1984.89, 50780.2, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 17 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply

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