Toki
Toki. Adze. Multipurpose tool used for carving wood and other materials. Carved from basalt toka (stone). Dark in colour. Trapezoidal in cross-section. Sharp cutting edge. Shallow bevel slightly rounded towards cutting edge. Smooth sides, one side has large chip. Front of the blade is flat and highly polished. Prominent shoulder. From shoulder reduced to butt and terminates at poll. Butt left pecked. Poll has two raised protrusions. Poll left flaked. Overall surface treatment is mostly highly polished.
- Collection Area
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- Te reo Name
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- Ingoa Kōrero Noa
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- Ingoa Kē
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Adze (English)
- Momo Ingoa Kē
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- Kupu whakaahua
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- Wāhi
- Cook Islands
- Wāhi Hāngai
- Field Collection Place
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- Wāhi Whāiti Taketake i Kohia ai
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- Rā Kohinga
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- Rā i Kohia i te Wāhi Taketake
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- Accession Number
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1934.124
- Rā Tāpiringa
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09 Apr 1934
- Tohu Tuakiri Kē
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20094.1 (ethnology)
- Momo Tohu Tuakiri Kē
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- Wāhanga
- Rūma Whakaatu
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- Herenga
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- Momo
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