Adze
Artist:
Unknown
Place made:
General region:Oceania
Culture: Native Hawaiians
Period: Pre-contact
Date: before 1701
Medium: Stone
Dimensions:
h. 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm); w. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); d. 3/8 in. (1 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, bequest of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 2005.1.128
Label Text
Stone adzes, like this one, were affixed to wooden handles and used to break open coconut shells. The were also used for digging "taro" root.
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