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Ruatangaeo

human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    Adze, Hafted (English)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Ruatangaeo. Hafted adze. A toki (adze - trapezoidal in cross section) lashed to a long, cylindrical, ornately carved wooden haft with tapeka puru akari (coconut sennit lashing). The puru akari, braided in a fine flat iri taki toru (3-ply braid) is frayed in some areas. The same geometric motif repeated in rows all the way down the lenth of the haft. The puru akari is natural in colour, the toka is dark in colour, the haft is stained dark brown.

  • Wāhi
    Cook Islands
  • Wāhi Hāngai

    Mangaia/Cook Islands

  • Accession Number
    1950.128.17
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    04 Jul 1950
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    32654 (ethnology)

    O.463N (Oldman Collection)

  • Wāhanga

    Pacific

Ruatangaeo, 1950.128.17, 32654, O.463N, Photographed by… … Read more

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  • Ruatangaeo, 1950.128.17, 32654, O.463N, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 06 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1950.128.17, 32654, O.463N, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 06 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1950.128.17, 32654, O.463N, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 06 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1950.128.17, 32654, O.463N, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 06 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1950.128.17, 32654, O.463N, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 06 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1950.128.17, 32654, O.463N, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 06 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1950.128.17, 32654, O.463N, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 06 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1950.128.17, 32654, O.463N, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 06 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1950.128.17, 32654, O.463N, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 06 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1950.128.17, 32654, O.463N, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 06 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ruatangaeo, 1950.128.17, 32654, O.463N, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 06 Oct 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • ceremonial adze

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