Artifact Number:
 03170

Object:
ADZE HEAD
Koi

Material:
 Stone

Dimensions:
 

Origin:
 Hawaii, Polynesia

Comments:
 Stone Adzes. Koi pahoa bought from Kapule of Alae, S. Kona on Jaunary 4, 1887 for 0.10 cents. Poor specimen. (Emerson) Length 21.2 cm; width 6.3 cm; thickness 5.1 cm; weight 1,400 g. Cracked, blade chipped, black stone. Broken off at butt end. (In inches: 8 x 2.5 x 1.75). No Figure. (Summers)



Collection Name: J.S. Emerson Collection

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