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Artifact Number:
 03103

Object:
ADZE, HAFTED
Koi

Material:
 Plant (wood, fiber), metal (iron)

Dimensions:
 

Origin:
 Hawaii (Big Island), Hawaii, Polynesia

Comments:
 Metal Adzes. Koi hoomaikai purchasedon January 7, 1887 from Keoni Kaai for 0.50 cents of S. Pahoehoe, S. Kona. For special work finishing off a canoe. (Emerson) Length: tip to bevel 5.1 cm; bevel to haft 5.1 cm; bevel depth 0.16-0.31 cm. Blade width: tip 2.5 cm; bevel 2.9 cm; haft 3.5 cm. Crescent edge. Handle length 48.3 cm. No Figure. (Summers)



Collection Name: J.S. Emerson Collection

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