Toki

Toki. Adze. Multipurpose tool used for carving wood and other materials. Carved from toka (stone). Dark brown in colour. Triangular in cross-section. Sharp cutting edge. Bevel surface is slightly rounded towards the bevel, concave towards the chin. Sides are polished. Front of the blade is highly polished, there is some flaking at one lower corner. The toki (adze) has only a very slight shoulder. Reduction to butt. Butt and poll are flaked.

Ingoa Kē

Adze (English)

Wāhi

Cook Islands

Wāhi Hāngai

Cook Islands

Accession Number

1942.72

Rā Tāpiringa

02 Jul 1942

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

26485.10 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific