discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou Toki taraī human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa KēAdze, Hafted (English)Kupu whakaahuaToki. Hafted adze. Possibly produced as a tourist souvenir. Top of the haft carved into a snake head with open mouth and fangs bared. A toki (adze) of toka kerekere (black basalt) attached to the opposite end of the top of the haft and lashed into place with puru akari (coconut sennit) in an iri taki toru (3-ply braid) technique. Mid section of the carved wooden handle is carved in a variety of motifs and geometric shapes. Lashing is natural in colour. Wooden haft is brown in colour.WāhiMangaia/Cook IslandsWāhi HāngaiMangaia/Cook IslandsAccession Number1983.171Rā Tāpiringa17 Nov 1983Tohu Tuakiri Kē50578 (ethnology)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete Toki taraī, 1983.171, 50578, 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, 1983.171, 50578Takenga ā-AhureaCook IslandsKohingaDaviesKaiwaihanga Matua Unknown (Maker)WāhiMangaia/Cook IslandsRāPre 1983Wāhi HāngaiMangaia/Cook IslandsTikanga Waihangacarved lashed braidedWaitohu/mākapres. 50578 Mangaia (handwritten)Pāohostone/rock/inorganic materialwood/plant materialsennit/cord (fiber product)Raraunga Ine353mm52 x 41mmTaumata whakarōpūAdzeWoodworking T&ETools & EquipmentWhakahounga o Mua20 Sep 2018 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