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Ruatangaeo

human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    Handle (English)

    Haft (English)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Ruatangaeo. Hafted adze (adze missing). A long, carved wooden haft with a squared pedestal base. Top of the haft carved out intended to accommodate the fitting of a toki (adze). 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 intended to secure a with a piece of plant fibre between the lashing and space for the toki acting as a gasket.

    Carved surface decoration applied to the entirety of the wooden haft consisting of repeated triangular and other geometric motifs. Lashing is natural in colour. Carved wooden haft stained dark brown in colour.

  • Wāhi
    Mangaia/Cook Islands
  • Wāhi Hāngai

    Mangaia/Cook Islands

  • Accession Number
    1984.89
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    50780.1 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga

    Pacific

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  • haft, adze, 1984.89, 50780.1, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 17 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1984.89, 50780.1, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 17 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1984.89, 50780.1, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 17 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1984.89, 50780.1, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 17 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1984.89, 50780.1, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 17 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1984.89, 50780.1, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 17 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1984.89, 50780.1, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 17 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1984.89, 50780.1, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 17 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1984.89, 50780.1, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 17 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1984.89, 50780.1, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 17 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1984.89, 50780.1, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 17 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1984.89, 50780.1, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 17 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1984.89, 50780.1, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 17 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1984.89, 50780.1, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 17 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply

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