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Ruatangaeo

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  • Other Name

    Hafted adze (English)

  • Description

    Ruatangaeo. Hafted adze. Consists of carved rakau (wooden) handle and toki (stone adze blade). Toki (adze - triangular in cross section) of toka kerekere (basalt stone) lashed with braided puru akari (coconut sennit) in an iri taki toru (3-ply braid) technique to a carved rakau haft. Haft carved in a solid cylindrical shape towards the top of the haft, and carved in a cube at the base.

    Carved surface decoration applied to the entirety of the rakau haft consisting of repeated rows of triangular motifs. The toki is carved and polished at the blade and dark in colour. The lashing and carved rakau haft are dark brown in colour.

  • Place
    Cook Islands
  • Associated Place

    Cook Islands

  • Accession Number
    1936.56
  • Accession Date
    05 Mar 1936
  • Other Id

    22369 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Ruatangaeo, 1936.56, 22369, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 07 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1936.56, 22369, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 07 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1936.56, 22369, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 07 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1936.56, 22369, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 07 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1936.56, 22369, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 07 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1936.56, 22369, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 07 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1936.56, 22369, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 07 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1936.56, 22369, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 07 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1936.56, 22369, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 07 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1936.56, 22369, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 07 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1936.56, 22369, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 07 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1936.56, 22369, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 07 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1936.56, 22369, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 07 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1936.56, 22369, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 07 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1936.56, 22369, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 07 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1936.56, 22369, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 07 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1936.56, 22369, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 07 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply

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