Stone Adze, Compact Basalt
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1878
name: label: Donor Name
content: Lt. F. L. Clark
notes: label: Notes
content: TANGED ADZE, GROUND, SHAPE: RECTANGULAR, QUADRANGULAR CROSS SECTION WITH REDUCED BUTT (TANG), MADE OF BASALT, BROKEN IN TO 2 PIECES.OF LATE PREHISTORIC PERIOD TYPE (REFER TO KIRCH. FEATHERED GODS AND FISH HOOKS1984: 184).COLLECTOR ACCOUNT SAYS THIS IMPLEMEMT WAS HAFTED/ LASHED TO A WOODEN HANDLE. "ADZES GROUND ON BOTH FACES AND WEDGE SHAPED WERE SOMETIMES USED TO CUT HAIR ! THE CUSTOMER RECLINING WITH THE HAIR SPREAD OUT ON A FLAT SURFACE WHAIL THE BARBER HACKED OFF THE ENDS WITH THE "CHISEL" OR "ADZE" "(SRJONES 11/96)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Jul 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Maui, Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), United States, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Prehistoric
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 006469
label: USNM Number
content: A31862-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adze