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Toki

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  • Ingoa Kē

    Adze (English)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Toki. Adze. Tool used for multiple purposes including carving wooden objects. Carved from toka (stone). Broken in two, glued back together. Triangular cross-section. Cutting edge is chipped, dull. Bevel is slightly concave towards cutting edge, ground into a slight incline. The adze is broken in two and glued back together at a point just above the bevel apex. Blade is slighly concave across its face. Slight shoulder above the blade.

    butt is slightly plished, pecking still evident. Poll end is unfinished, rough. Overall surface treatment has had some polish. Grey in colour. Purchase of the Edward Earle Vaile Trust Fund in 1947 from the collection of L. Moncrieff Nutt.

  • Wāhi
    Mangaia/Cook Islands
  • Wāhi Hāngai

    Mangaia/Cook Islands

  • Accession Number
    1947.106
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    19 Jun 1947
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    29640 (ethnology)

    39 (Nutt)

  • Wāhanga

    Pacific

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  • Toki, 1947.106, 29640, 39, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 1947.106, 29640, 39, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 1947.106, 29640, 39, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 1947.106, 29640, 39, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 1947.106, 29640, 39, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 1947.106, 29640, 39, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 1947.106, 29640, 39, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Toki, 1947.106, 29640, 39, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply

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