Hafted adze
Ground black basalt head set into a wooden haft with coconut fibre bindings, some missing. Used in carving wood for houses, canoes and other large items. Probably collected by Lt. Bond in 1791.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- E1744
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Tools for farm and craft
- Collection Area Region
- POLYN
- Material
- basaltwoodcoconut fibre
- Common Name
- hafted adze
- Simple Name
- adze
- Production County
- Tahiti
- Production Country
- French Polynesia (Overseas Collectivity of France)
- Production Year High
- 1791
