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 basalt toka (stone). Brown in colour. Trapezoidal in cross-section. Dull cutting edge. Rounded bevel. Sides are polished. Front of the blade is flat and highly polished. Prominent shoulder. From shoulder reduced to butt. Butt is pecked with some polish. Poll left roughly flaked.WāhiRarotonga/Cook IslandsWāhi HāngaiRarotonga/Cook IslandsAccession Number1946.12Rā Tāpiringa26 Sep 1945Tohu Tuakiri Kē29436.2 (ethnology)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete Toki, 1946.12, 29436.2, 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, 1946.12, 29436.2.Takenga ā-AhureaCook IslandsKaiwaihanga Matua Unknown (Maker)WāhiRarotonga/Cook IslandsRāPre 1945Wāhi HāngaiRarotonga/Cook IslandsTikanga Waihangacarved polished pecked flakedWaitohu/mākaRAROTONGA 29436.2 (handwritten)Pāohostone/rock/inorganic materialRaraunga Ine127.5mm40mm36.5mmTaumata whakarōpūAdzeWoodworking 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