discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou Toki human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa KēAdze (English)Kupu whakaahuaToki. Adze. Multipurpose tool used for carving wood and other materials. Carved from toka (stone). Brown in colour. Triangular cross-section. Sharp cutting edge intact. Large bevel surface slightly concave. Front of blade is flat and highly polished. Raised shoulder reduces to butt. Butt has some pecking still evident on its surface, as does poll. Overall surface treatment of the adze is areas of high polish and areas where pecking still evident.WāhiMangaia/Cook IslandsWāhi HāngaiMangaia/Cook IslandsAccession Number1947.106Rā Tāpiringa19 Jun 1947Tohu Tuakiri Kē29637 (ethnology)36 (Nutt)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete Toki, 1947.106, 29637, 36, Photographed by Andrew Hales,… … Read more Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1947.106, 29637.Takenga ā-AhureaCook IslandsKohingaNuttKaiwaihanga Matua unknown (Maker)WāhiMangaia/Cook IslandsRāPre 1947Tangata Hāngāi Mr L Moncrief Nutt (Maker)Wāhi HāngaiMangaia/Cook IslandsTikanga Waihangacarved flakedWaitohu/mākaN36 (handwritten) 29637 MANGAIA (handwritten)Pāohostone/rock/inorganic materialRaraunga Ine202mm57mm65mmTaumata whakarōpūAdzeWoodworking T&ETools & Equipment AdzeWoodworking T&E04 Tools & Equipment for MaterialsWhakahounga o Mua03 May 2019 E hangaia tonutia ana te kohinga tuihono a Tāmaki Paenga Hira; tāpirihia ai ngā whakahoutanga me ngā pūkete i ia wiki. I ētahi wā, kāore anō kia whakaūhia ngā pūkete e ngā kaimahi o Te Whare Taonga, tēnā pea he hapa kei roto i ngā kōrero. Search hua Rapunga hou The gift of curiosity With unlimited free entry to all paid exhibitions, discounted event tickets and exclusive Member-only events, a Museum Membership is the gift that keeps on giving year-round. SEE OPTIONS FROM $60