Adz

Object/Artifact

Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission

Adze preform with ruler

The image displays a stone adze preform, a roughly shaped tool, placed next to a ruler for scale, indicating its potential size for crafting.

Name/Title

Adz

Entry/Object ID

2015.006.339

Description

Adze (ko'i) preform #3.

Collection

Navy Collection

Cataloged By

Gavagan,Terri

Made/Created

Notes

Date: Unknown

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Preform

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Adz

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Material, Worked

Nomenclature Class

Woodworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Nomenclature Category

Category 10: Unclassifiable Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Archaeology

Search Terms

Activity area, dike site, Hommon's Inland Settlement Zone, K-1 Road East Work Area, Pu'umoiwi Work Area, quarry site, Scatter site

Other Names and Numbers

Other Names

Name Type

'Ōleo Hawai'i (Hawaiian Language)

Other Name

ko'i

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

20108-13.166

Dimensions

Width

4 cm

Length

12 cm

Weight

175.3 g

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Hommon, Robert J

Related Places

Place

Site

Pu'umoiwi Adze Quarry, Site 108

'Ili

Ahupū

Ahupua'a

Kaho'olawe

Moku

Honua'ula

Mokupuni

Maui Mokupuni

State/Province

Hawai'i

Country

United States of America

Traditional Cultural Property (TCP)

Pu'umoiwi Traditional Cultural Property

Traditional Place Name

Pu'umōiwi

Related Publications

Publication

ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE PU'U MOIWI ADZE QUARRY COMPLEX, KAHO'OLAWE