86 



HAWAIIAN STONE IMPLEMENTS. 



a curved cutting edge as shown in Fig. 83. These shell adzes were probably as durable 

 as stone, and the}- are said to be still in use on the smaller islands where there is little 

 trade. In New Guinea the adzes were often rudely formed of a volcanic stone, or of 

 greenstone, and in shape often approach the Hawaiian, as shown in Fig. 85, Nos. 1552 

 and 1553. In the same group the axe No. 1800 is of finer make. 



The sizes and weights of these non-Hawaiian adzes are given in the following table: 



Figure 80. — 1873 

 1872 



Figure 81. — 7969 

 7967 

 7968 



Figure 82. — 3149 

 7878 



Number. I^eng-th. Cutting edge. Weight. 



lbs. 



Plate LIX. 



Figure 83. 



Figure 84.- 



-6952 

 1502 

 1503 

 1504 

 6948 

 6945 

 6946 

 6944 



1507 

 6947 



-8586 

 8585 



-8587 

 8593 

 8594 

 8595 

 8596 

 8592 

 8588 

 8589 

 8590 

 8591 



6.5 iu. 1.6 ill. 

 4-5 3-6 



6.2 



12.6 



5-9 



10 



8 



3-4 



7 



13-9 

 8.2 



4-9 



6.4 



5-4 



3 



3-3 



5-9 



13-7 

 8.5 



8.5 

 2.9 

 2.9 



2-3 



3-7 



6.5 



5-6 



6 



4.6 



2.9 



1.2 

 1.2 

 1.2 



3-2 

 31 



1-5 

 2.8 



2.7 



2-5 

 2 



1.8 



2.1 

 2.1 



2-3 

 2.6 



3-9 



2 



2.8 

 1.2 



1.6 

 1.6 

 1-9 



2-5 

 2-5 

 2.2 



1-9 

 1.2 



10.5 

 6.7 



II 

 12 



ID 



8.5 

 9.2 



2-5 



7 

 12 



15-5 

 10 



13-5 



5-5 

 6.5 



13 



2-7 



3 



3 



5-5 



9 



8.2 



Figure 85.-7534. 11.5 



4(6 circ. )5 



Notes. 

 SOLOMON ISLANDS: 



Greenstone; Florida. 

 Greenstone ; Florida. 



SOI.OMON ISLANDS: 



Greenstone; edge like finger-nail. 

 Greenstone; edge like finger-nail. 

 Greenstone; edge like finger-nail. 



SOUTHERN pacific : 



Greenstone lava ; Mrs. Bishop's collecftion. 

 Greenstone of light color; Maori. 



NEW '/.V,\\.\V,V>: 



Thin jade, angular blade, sides unfinished. 



Brown lava. 



Blade chipped, transverse ridge, no tang. 



Grey stone ; sides beveled on top. 



Brown lava. 



Rounded on all sides ; grey lava. 



Dark phonolite ; angular blade. 

 Light greenstone ; blade at angle. 

 Grey lava ; sides beveled. 



CHATHAM ISL.4NDS: 



Grey lava. 



Grey lava, flat on all sides. 



CH.\THAM ISL.4NDS: 



Reticulated lava with much olivine. 



Angular edges. 

 Rudel)- finished. 



Thin. 



Thin, edge re-ground. 



MARSHALL ISLANDS: 



Cut from shell of Tridacna gigas 



Handles for the Ad^eS. — While this portion of our study seems to rightfullj- 

 belong to the consideration of Tools and their use, it may fairly claim a place here for 

 brief treatment, for otherwi.se the stone appears of little use, and the relationship of these 

 stones is partly explained by the peculiarities of handling. To use their koi pa/ioa* the 

 Hawaiians had a handle generally of hau wood {Pariiium tiliaceum) cut with a heel 

 to which the tang of the stone was attached by cords of olona or coconut fibre, a bit of 

 kapa or dry leaf of pandanus or banana being inserted between the wood and stone. 



* While the term koi pahoa properly applies to the narrow sort with parallel sides like a chisel, custom has extended its use to almost 

 all forms of stone adzes. 



[418] 



