Toki

human history

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.

Nama tāpiringa: 1934.124 Whakahounga o Mua: 3 May 2019
Ingoa Kē

Adze (English)

Wāhi
Cook Islands
Wāhi Hāngai

Cook Islands

Accession Number

1934.124

Rā Tāpiringa

09 Apr 1934

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

20094.1 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific

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Toki, 1934.124, 20094.1, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 09 Aug 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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