Adze head

Made from basalt (manutea), this hogback adze (toki) is common to eastern Polynesia and would have been used to fell tress and carve canoes. Making one utilises three techniques; flaking, pecking and grinding.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
573/2007/1
Category
Ethnography
Collection Class
Tools for farm and craft
Collection Area Region
Australia and New Zealand
Material
stone
Common Name
adze head
Simple Name
adze head
Production Country
New Zealand
Production Year High
2007

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adze head