discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou Ruatangaeo human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa KēHandle (English)Haft (English)Kupu whakaahuaRuatangaeo. Hafted adze (adze missing). An intricately carved wooden haft. Square pedestal base and shape. Top of the haft carved out to accommodate the fitting of an adze. Puru akari (braided coconut sennit) of a fine flat iri taki toru (3-ply braid) lashed on to the top of the haft. Repeated triangular motifs carved all along the wooden pedestal. The lashing is natural in colour. The wooden haft is stained dark.WāhiMangaia/Cook IslandsWāhi HāngaiMangaia/Cook IslandsRā Tāpiringa14 Feb 1984Tohu Tuakiri Kē50780.3 (ethnology)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete haft, adze, 50780.3, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital,… … Read more Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1984.89, 50780.3Takenga ā-AhureaCook IslandsKaiwaihanga Matua Unknown (Maker)WāhiMangaia/Cook IslandsRāPre 1984Wāhi HāngaiMangaia/Cook IslandsTikanga Waihangacarved lashed braidedWaitohu/māka50780.3 STOCK MANGAIA (handwritten) no number Mangaia (handwritten)Pāohowood/plant materialsennit/cord (fiber product)Raraunga Ine645mm180mm127mmTaumata whakarōpūCeremonial ArtefactsCommunication ArtefactsWhakahounga o Mua20 Sep 2018 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