Toki

human history

Toki. Adze. Multipurpose tool used for carving wood and other materials. Carved from toka (stone). Light brown in colour. Trapezoidal in cross-section. Dull cutting edge. Bevel is rounded, shallow. Sides are smooth. Front of the blade is flat with areas of pecking evident. Prominent shoulder. From the shoulder reduced to butt and poll. BUtt and poll left pecked. Overall surface treatment is polished.

Nama tāpiringa: 1942.72 Whakahounga o Mua: 3 May 2019
Ingoa Kē

Adze (English)

Wāhi
Cook Islands
Wāhi Hāngai

Cook Islands

Accession Number

1942.72

Rā Tāpiringa

02 Jul 1942

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

26485.6 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific

Uiuitia Tirohanga API
8 Mātātuhi
Toki, 1942.72, 26485.6, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 01 Sep 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
Toki, 1942.72, 26485.6, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 01 Sep 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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