Ruatangaeo

Ruatangaeo. Hafted adze (adze missing). An intricately carved wooden haft. Square pedestal base and shape. Top of the haft carved out to accommodate the fitting of an adze. Puru akari (braided coconut sennit) of a fine flat iri taki toru (3-ply braid) lashed on to the top of the haft. Repeated triangular motifs carved all along the wooden pedestal. The lashing is natural in colour. The wooden haft is stained dark.

Ingoa Kē

Handle (English)

Haft (English)

Wāhi

Mangaia/Cook Islands

Wāhi Hāngai

Mangaia/Cook Islands

Rā Tāpiringa

14 Feb 1984

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

50780.3 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific