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Kakau toki

human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    Handle (English)

    Haft (English)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Ruatangaeo. Hafted adze (adze missing). An intricately carved wooden haft. Square pedestal base and shape. Top of the haft carved out to accomodate the fitting of a toki (adze). Puru akari (braided coconut sennit) of a fine flat iri taki toru (3-ply braid) loosely lashed on to the top of the haft. Repeated triangular and 'K-motif' (unique to Mangaia) designs carved all over the wooden pedestal. The lashing is natural in colour. The wooden haft is stained dark.

    Loss of wood at one corner of the base. Cracks present at the top of the haft.

  • Wāhi
    Mangaia/Cook Islands
  • Wāhi Hāngai

    Mangaia/Cook Islands

  • Accession Number
    1917.64
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    1917
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    8692 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga

    Pacific

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  • haft, adze, 1917.64, 8692, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 10 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1917.64, 8692, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 10 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1917.64, 8692, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 10 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1917.64, 8692, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 10 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1917.64, 8692, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 10 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1917.64, 8692, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 10 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1917.64, 8692, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 10 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1917.64, 8692, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 10 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1917.64, 8692, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 10 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1917.64, 8692, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 10 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1917.64, 8692, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 10 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1917.64, 8692, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 10 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1917.64, 8692, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 10 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • haft, adze, 1917.64, 8692, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 10 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply

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