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Toki

human history
  • Other Name

    Adze (English)

  • Description

    Toki. Adze. Tool used for multiple purposes including carving wooden objects. Carved from a basalt stone. Dark in colour. Quadrangular cross-section. Chipped at cutting edge. Bevel ground at a light incline, slightly concave towards the cuting edge. Front of blade is flat, highly polished with shallow chipping towards the lower end. Prominent raised shoulder reduces to butt. Butt has some polished. Poll is left unpolished.

  • Place
  • Associated Place
  • Accession Number
    1947.106
  • Accession Date
    19 Jun 1947
  • Other Id

    29643 (ethnology)

    42 (Nutt)

  • Department
Toki, 1947.106, 29643, 42, Photographed by Andrew Hales,… … Read more

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