AXES AND ADZES. 



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BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP MUSEUM. 



FIG. 79. H.WVAIIAN STONK ADZES. 



That each of these was fitted for particular work I do not doubt, but I cannot go any 

 farther. The hardness of the wood influenced to a marked degree the angle of the 

 cutter, and in ver}-^ soft wood, such as wiliwili {Eijfhriiia nioiiospcrnia), coconut shell 

 or alahee wood was substituted for stone as admitting a more acute angle for the 

 edge. Plates LV. and LVI. and Fig. 72 show some variation. As the under sur- 

 face is a curve it presents a constantly changing angle. ' The angles, as nearly as 

 can be measured, vary from 34° to 78°; the weights from eleven pounds to less than 

 an ounce, and the width of the cutting edge from an eighth of an inch to six inches. 

 Placing the adzes figured in tabular form we have the following: — ■ 



Memoirs B. p. B. Museum. V9L. I.. No. 4.— 6. L4I3J 



