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Toki

human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    Adze (English)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Toki. Adze. doneTool used for multiple purposes including carving wooden objects. Carved from basalt toka (stone). Dark grey/brown in colour. Quadrangular in secton (trapezoid). Long and thin in shape. Cutting edge is polished but chipped. Bevel is highly polished continues up the blade towards the poll end. Front of blade is highly polished, longer in comparison to the shorter butt. Blade ends in prominent shoulder, reduced to butt. Butt shows evidence of pecking.

    Polished overall surface treatment.

  • Wāhi
    Cook Islands
  • Wāhi Hāngai

    Mangaia/Cook Islands

  • Rā Tāpiringa
    1870
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    11719 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga

    Pacific

Toki, 11719, 11719E, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital,… … Read more

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  • Toki, 11719, 11719E, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 11719, 11719E, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 11719, 11719E, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 11719, 11719E, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 11719, 11719E, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 11719, 11719E, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 11719, 11719E, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 11719, 11719E, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply

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