Traditionally toki were an everyday tool used in cutting and digging.
A patu is a club or pounder. The word patu in Te Reo Māori means to strike, hit, beat, kill or subdue.
Patu aruhe were made from wood. They would have been used to pound aruhe, the edible root of the rauaruhe (bracken fern). The root would be dried, steeped in water, roasted, boiled, or steamed, and then pounded. The process of pounding would separate the edible flesh from the fibres.
Toki (adze blade), Stone
Toki (Adze Blade)
Toki (adze blade), Hawke's Bay/New Zealand, stone (greywake)
Very large toki (adze). Greywacke? Some red/orange staining on the stone. From Hawke's Bay.
Toki (adze blade), Hawke's Bay/New Zealand, stone
A large Toki (Adze). Closest to Duff type II, variety 2. Hawke's Bay is written in ink on the Toki.
Toki (adze blade), stone
Large toki, smooth end and slightly pocked handle with very little tapering at the pole. Either type I/variety D or type II/variety A.
Toki pounamu (Nephrite adze blade), pounamu (greenstone)
A small toki (adze) in pounamu. Small chips and grooves around toki.
Toki (adze blade), Hawke's Bay/New Zealand, stone (greywacke)
Toki (adze), greywacke. Looks the most like Duff Type I/Variety C.
Toki (adze blade), stone
A large Toki (Adze). Duff type II, Variety B. Smooth edges, very long.
Patu aruhe (fernroot beater), wood
Baton shaped beather with pointed end, tapering to a narrow handle with a spherical knob. Cracks along the shaft of the beater.
Patu aruhe (fernroot beater), wood
Baton shaped beater tapering to a handle with knob. showing significant wear and deterioration with flaking surface.
Toki (adze blade), stone (pakohe - argilite)
Toki (Adze). Pakohe. Duff type I, variety A.
Toki (adze blade), stone
Small, slightly asymmetrical, toki (adze). Light coloured, soft rock.
Toki (adze blade), stone (pakohe - argillite)
A piece of toki (adze). Pakohe. Very angular piece broken off.
Toki (adze blade), stone
Small Toki (Adze), lightly coloured rock and roughly shaped.
Toki (adze blade), stone
A small Toki (Adze). Very smooth, sharp blade. And slightly rougher handle.
Toki (adze blade), stone
Piece of Toki (Adze) broken off or part of another tool. Blade part is smooth but the rest is slightly chipped.
Toki (adze blade), stone
Small, very flat Toki (adze), could have come from another tool.
Toki (adze blade), stone
Small toki (adze), rough formation. Light grey rock.
Toki (adze blade), stone
Small Toki (Adze Blade), slightly chipped.
Toki (adze blade), stone
A piece of a Toki (Adze) broken off from a larger piece.
Toki (adze blade), stone
Adze Blade
Toki (adze blade), stone
A small Toki (Adze), rough texture and slightly pronounced handle.
Toki (adze blade), stone
Toki (Adze), made from a very light coloured stone.
Toki (adze blade), stone
Medium sized toki (adze). Greywacke, slightly uneven edges, with a slightly tapered pole on one side. Very flat angled blade but very smooth and not sharp at all.
Toki (adze blade), stone
Toki (adze) made out of dark grey, almost black stone. Rough edges.
Toki (adze blade), stone (pakohe - argillite)
Toki (Adze), Duff type III, Variety B. Pakohe.
Toki (adze blade), stone
Small toki (adze), asymmetrical shape and made out of a light coloured but warm coloured rock. Chips out of the side.
Toki (adze blade), stone
A small piece of Toki, probably the end of a toki that has broken off. Dis-colouration to the sides probably from organic matter.
Toki (adze blade), stone
Very small piece of Toki. Looks like it has broken off a larger complete Toki but is just the blade part. A very light-coloured stone.
Toki (adze blade), stone
Small Toki, very smooth greywacke.Slight dis-colouration.
Toki (adze blade), stone
Toki (Adze blade), very chipped edge/blade.
Toki (adze blade), stone
Broken off end of a Toki (Adze). Curved fan shape. Duff type 2, Variety C most likely.
Toki (adze blade), stone
A small, smooth Toki.
Toki (adze blade), stone
Toki (adze) end. Perhaps broken off. Handwritten in ink on paper label affixed to the toki: "Presented by / Mr. Ewington".
Toki (adze blade), stone
Broken off end of a Toki (Adze). Rough edges. Handwritten in ink on paper label: "Presented by / Mr. Ewington"
Toki (adze blade), stone
A piece of the end of a Toki (adze) that appears to have been broken off. Grey stone. Rough texture.
Toki (adze blade), stone (greywacke)
Medium sized toki (adze) in grey coloured rock, possibly greywacke. Duff type I, variety D.
Toki (adze blade), stone
Small Toki (Adze). Slightly chipped handle.
Toki (adze blade), stone (pakohe - argilite)
Large Toki. Perhaps Pakohe? Pakohe - Argillite. Known to Māori as pakohe, and to geologists as metamorphosed indurated mudstone, argillite is particularly associated with the Nelson-Marlborough region in New Zealand. It is found on Rangitoto (D'Urville Island), along the Whangamoa mineral belt, and in the upper reaches of the Maitai, Wairoa and Motueka Rivers.
Toki (adze blade), stone
Toki (adze) in dark grey stone. Smooth edge, with sharp blade. Slightly pocked handle.
Toki (adze blade), stone
Smooth toki (adze). Duff Type I, Variety D. Grey tip, brown slightly rougher pocked handle.
Toki (adze blade), stone
Large smooth toki (adze). Although could be another tool, like a beater.
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