To'i
To'i. Hafted adze. Dark basalt ofa'i (stone) is worked and polished into a Fao'a (adze), triangular in section. The Fao'a has flaked sides with a defined bevel and cutting edge. Its blade is flat and smooth. The Fao'a is lashed securely to the haft carved from toi wood with braided nape (coconut sennit). The 'Ā'au (wooden haft) is somewhat light in weight. It is carved into a pronounced heel that is carved into an angular hook at the end and a long cylindrical to'o (shaft) for grip. The 'Ā'au and nape components are brown in colour, and the Fao'a is dark in colour.
- Collection Area
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- Te reo Name
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- Ingoa Kōrero Noa
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- Ingoa Kē
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Hafted Adze (English)
- Momo Ingoa Kē
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- Kupu whakaahua
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- Wāhi Hāngai
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- Field Collection Place
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- Wāhi Whāiti Taketake i Kohia ai
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- Rā Kohinga
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- Rā i Kohia i te Wāhi Taketake
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- Accession Number
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- Rā Tāpiringa
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1924
- Tohu Tuakiri Kē
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14503 (ethnology)
D3 (Edge-Partington)
- Momo Tohu Tuakiri Kē
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- Wāhanga
- Rūma Whakaatu
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- Herenga
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- Momo
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