Polynesian Toki Maori hand carved wooden & jade adze on stand. Such Toki were for influential persons and held in the right hand, as a Patu or mere is while delivering a speech. Toki were not only for dressing timber and other domestic works, but also as weapons of war. They were generally used to dispatch a foe who has fallen to spear or club. Signed to axe & stand illegibly. Axe measures 17" Long x 10-1/2" Wide. From a Miami Beach estate. Local Pick Up or Third Party Shipping Required.