Toki taraī

Toki tarai. Hafted adze. Toki (adze - trapezoidal in cross section) of basalt stone lashed with braided puru akari (coconut sennit) to shaped wooden haft, loss at the terminal end. The toki is carved and polished at the blade and left roughly pecked at the poll. The toki is dark in colour. The lashing and carved wooden haft are stained dark in colour.

Ingoa Kē

Adze, Hafted (English)

Wāhi

Cook Islands

Wāhi Hāngai

Cook Islands

Accession Number

1917.28

Rā Tāpiringa

1917

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

8815 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific