Toki

Toki

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Toki. Adze. Multipurpose tool used for carving wood and other materials. Carved from toka (stone). Light grey in colour. Triangular cross-section. Sharp cutting edge. Small bevel surface. Front of blade is rounded. Slight shoulder at the top of the blade, reduces to butt. Adze terminates in a short butt and roughly worked poll. Overall surface treatment of the adze is roughly polished, area of flaking still evident.

Nama tāpiringa: 1950.113 Whakahounga o Mua: 3 May 2019

Ingoa Kē

Adze (English)

Wāhi

[Mangaia]/Cook Islands

Wāhi Hāngai

Mangaia/Cook Islands

Accession Number

1950.113

Rā Tāpiringa

08 Jun 1950

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

31967.1 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific

Whakaahuatanga ā-Kiko

Toki. Adze. Carved from toka (stone). Dark grey in colour. Triangular cross-section. Sharp cutting edge. Small bevel surface. Front of blade is rounded. Slight shoulder at the top of the blade, reduces to butt. Adze terminates in a short butt and roughly worked poll. Overall surface treatment of the adze is roughly polished, area of flaking still evident. Good condition. "pres. 31967.1" written in black ink at the lower end of the blade on the anterior side. "Mangaia" written in white ink directly underneath".

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