Toki

Toki

human history

Toki. Adze. Multipurpose tool used for carving wood and other materials. Carved from toka (stone). Light brown/grey in colour. Triangular cross-section. Dull cutting edge. Bevel surface is concave, not steep. Long blade, and left pecked. Prominent shoulder. From the shoulder reduced to the butt. Short butt, and left pecked. Poll left flaked and pecked. Overall surface treatment pecked.

Whakahounga o Mua: 3 May 2019

Ingoa Kē

Adze (English)

Wāhi

Cook Islands

Wāhi Hāngai

Rarotonga/Cook Islands

Rā Tāpiringa

1901

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

12254 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific

Whakaahuatanga ā-Kiko

Toki. Adze. Carved from toka (stone). Light brown/grey in colour. Triangular cross-section. Dull and chipped cutting edge. Bevel surface is concave, not steep. Long blade, and left pecked. Prominent shoulder. From the shoulder reduced to the butt. Short butt, and left pecked. Poll left flaked and pecked. Overall surface treatment pecked. Good condition. "12254" (ethnology number) in white ink handwritten on the bevel surface. "RAROTONGA" in black ink written above the ethnology number on bevel surface.

Toki

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Toki

Toki

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