discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou Toki human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa KēAdze (English)Kupu whakaahuaToki. Adze. Multipurpose tool used for carving wood and other materials. Carved from toka (stone). Dark in colour. Trapezoidal cross-section. Dull cutting edge. Bevel surface concave towards cutting edge. Front of blade is slightly rounded. Prominent shoulder reduced to butt. Rounded butt. Flaked poll. Large shallow chip at poll end. Surface of the adze is lightly polished with areas of pecking still visible.WāhiMangaia/Cook IslandsWāhi HāngaiMangaia/Cook IslandsRā Tāpiringa1870Tohu Tuakiri Kē11720 (ethnology)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete Toki, 11720, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug… … Read more Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 11720.Takenga ā-AhureaCook IslandsKaiwaihanga Matua Unknown (Maker)WāhiMangaia/Cook IslandsRāPre 1870Wāhi HāngaiMangaia/Cook IslandsTikanga Waihangaflaked carved pecked polishedPāohostone/rock/inorganic materialRaraunga Ine187mm52mm45mmTaumata whakarōpūAxeWoodworking T&ETools & Equipment AdzeWoodworking T&E04 Tools & Equipment for MaterialsWhakahounga o Mua03 May 2019 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