Adze, groundstone

Name/Title

Adze, groundstone

Entry/Object ID

1973.130.001

Description

-groundstone adze blade, typical of Pacific Islands -old cloth tape label reads "OPOA, Rinatea(?), 1932" -flat side ground smooth, blue residue on end toward sharp edge and around base of smooth side (handle)-- see second photo

Collection

Ethnographic Collection

Made/Created

Place

Island

Raiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia

Region

Polynesia

Continent

Oceania

Ocean

South Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean, World Ocean

Notes

Date: early 20th c.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Adz

Nomenclature Class

Woodworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Material

Stone