Description:

North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. late 18th to mid-19th century CE. A hand-carved stone adze blade of a sturdy utilitarian form. The blade presents with a tapered trapezoidal body, a thick butt end with use-commensurate pecking marks, and a sloped blade face above a sharpened edge. The dark gray stone has light mottling in hues of gray and light orange. Size: 5.7" L x 1.875" W (14.5 cm x 4.8 cm)

Provenance: private Newport Beach, California, USA collection

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#160966

  • Condition: Minor nicks and abrasions to body and butt end, with small chip to one corner of blade edge, and some pecking marks along butt end, otherwise intact and very good. Nice surface smoothness throughout. Blade edge still somewhat sharp. Old inventory label on one side of butt end.

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