90 



HAWAIIAN STONE IMPLEMENTS. 



Another form of stone axe or adze must not be wholly passed by, the ceremonial or 

 sacred axe from Mangaia, of the Hervey group, well represented in every large museum, 

 and here shown in Fig. 89; and with this another, not so well known, from Duau 



(Normanby), of the D'Entre- 

 casteaux group (PI. LXI.). 

 The Hervey islands handles 

 are carved with great delicacy, 

 and it is difficult to believe 

 that they were cut with .so 

 rude an instrument as a shark 

 tooth, but such was the case. 

 The patterns are believed to 

 be of a sacred nature, and their 

 origin has been ingeniously- 

 suggested by my friend Mr. 

 Charles H. Read, the distin- 

 FiG. 87. GILBERT ISLANDS ADZES. gulshcd archseologist of the 



British Museum.* ' 



The Duau specimens 

 are of ver}- different 

 form, and have in com- 

 parison little decora- 

 tive carving; the 

 blades are flat and of 

 jadeite ; the handle of 

 No. 1551 (PI. LXI.) 

 was originally orna- 

 mented with feathers. 

 The handle of No. 

 1552, on the same 

 plate, is neatly carved 

 and a bone disk is 

 fastened to the inner 

 angle. In both the 



blades are rather insecurely attached by bands of rattan. Still another specimen of 

 these decorated handles may be given from the stores of the Bishop Museum; it 

 comes from New Zealand, that home of fine wood carving, and is shown in Fig. 90. 



*On the Origin and Sacred Chara(5ter of certain ornaments of the southeast Pacific. Journal of the Antliropological Institute, XXI., p. 139. 



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FIG. 88. MAORI ADZES. 



