Toki

human history

Toki. Adze. Multipurpose tool used for carving wood and other materials. Carved from toka (stone). Dark in colour. Trapezoidal cross-section. Dull cutting edge. Bevel surface concave towards cutting edge. Front of blade is slightly rounded. Prominent shoulder reduced to butt. Rounded butt. Flaked poll. Large shallow chip at poll end. Surface of the adze is lightly polished with areas of pecking still visible.

Whakahounga o Mua: 3 May 2019
Ingoa Kē

Adze (English)

Wāhi
Mangaia/Cook Islands
Wāhi Hāngai

Mangaia/Cook Islands

Rā Tāpiringa

1870

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

11720 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific

Uiuitia Tirohanga API
8 Mātātuhi
Toki, 11720, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
Toki, 11720, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 15 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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