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Toki (ceremonial adze)

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Toki (ceremonial adze)

Cook Islands artist

Date: early 19th century
Type: Adze
Medium: Wood, stone, fiber, sharkskin
Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
Culture: Cook Islands
Institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object number: 1979.206.1398
Credit: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979

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