Adze
Before the introduction of iron, this tool was used for cutting timber. The stone head is bound to a flat foot, differing to Central Polynesian adzes, where the blade is set into the haft.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- E1224
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Tools for farm and craft
- Material
- wood | basalt | coconut fibre | |
- Common Name
- adze
- Simple Name
- adze
- Production Town
- Production County
- Hawai’i
- Production Country
- Hawaiian Islands (United States of America)
- Production Person Initials
- Production Person Surname
- Production Year Low
- Production Year High
- pre 1779
