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Mataa toki

human history
  • Other Name

    Adze (English)

  • Description

    Mataa toki. Adze blade. Mataa toki are a multipurpose tool used for carving wood and other materials. This mataa toki is made from fasua (clam shell). It is a smaller mataa toki, cut from a larger section of fasua. The majority of this toki has been smoothed and polished, with just a small section of the natural fasua striations evident by the butt and poll. The cutting edge is curved and sharp with a moderately steep bevel.

  • Place
    Vaitupu/Tuvalu
  • Accession Number
    1935.196
  • Accession Date
    1935
  • Other Id

    21876 (ethnology)

    D31.1709 (Otago University Museum)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Mataa toki, 1935.196, 21876, D31.1709, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Mataa toki, 1935.196, 21876, D31.1709, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Mataa toki, 1935.196, 21876, D31.1709, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Mataa toki, 1935.196, 21876, D31.1709, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Mataa toki, 1935.196, 21876, D31.1709, Cultural Permissions Apply

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