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A Ruatangaeo pedestal adze, Mangaia, Cook Islands, early 20th…
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A Ruatangaeo pedestal adze, Mangaia, Cook Islands, early 20th century. The size and form of this ruatangaeo suggests that it May have been a ceramonial adze rather than a functional tool. This ruatangaeo has a pyramidical form. The lower section of the shaft has a sectioned hollow turret. The shaft is decorated with geometrical incised patterns. At the head of the ruatangaeo is a black basalt adze with losses that has been lashed to the shaft with sennit cord. Height 73.7 cm, width 15.2 cm, depth 16.8 cm
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Tribal: New Zealand Maori