Hafted Adze (Toki)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Jan 1888
label: Collection Date
content: 18 Dec 1886 to 31 Dec 1886
name: label: Collector
content: Maj. William J. Thomson
label: Donor Name
content: U. S. Department of the Navy
label: Expedition
content: Mohican Survey of Easter Island
label: Vessel
content: U.S.S. Mohican
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "HAFTED ADZ, BLADE 18 CM LONG, 4 CM WIDE (KP EMORY-6/24/41). WOODEN HANDLE. POLYNESIAN TYPE. (THE BLADE AND HAFT SEEM TO BE BOTH FIJI, KP EMORY- 6/24/41** ILLUS. IN USNM AR 1889, PL 57; P.536 ** METRAUX (BISHOP MUSEUM BULLETIN 160):'LINTON...PROBABLY HAD IN MIND THE TICK ROUNDED ADZES OF TYPE 2 WHEN HE APPLIED THE TERM 'MELANESIAN' TO CERTAIN EASTER "NOTE: ALTHOUGH THE ORIGINAL IDENTIFICATION OF EASTER ISLAND WAS REPLACED BY 'FIJI' PER DR. DON MARSHALL, THE ATTRIBUTION OF EASTER ISLAND IS MAINTAINED IN THE CATALOG BASED ON THE COLLECTOR'S ( W.J. THOMSON) RECORDS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Nov 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Polynesian (?)
label: Culture
content: Fijian (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 020078
label: USNM Number
content: E129734-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adze
physicalDescription: label: Length - Blade
content: 18 cm
label: Width - Blade
content: 4 cm