. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. IIAllVillAN STONE IMPLEAfENTS. care in working; simply a sj3lit stone witli a more or less sliarp edge not enhanced by grinding and unprovided witli any handle as shown in Fig. 15. Such a rude imple- \ nieut con Id hardly be classed witli edge tools. It was not so far advanced as the rough flensing- knives of the Chatham ^^j-'-**^'*"*"''*'**" ~^'"'*'*^-»^ ' islands Moriori, where the stone is shaped to some extent and the handle is formed. Fig. 16 shows the
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. IIAllVillAN STONE IMPLEAfENTS. care in working; simply a sj3lit stone witli a more or less sliarp edge not enhanced by grinding and unprovided witli any handle as shown in Fig. 15. Such a rude imple- \ nieut con Id hardly be classed witli edge tools. It was not so far advanced as the rough flensing- knives of the Chatham ^^j-'-**^'*"*"''*'**" ~^'"'*'*^-»^ ' islands Moriori, where the stone is shaped to some extent and the handle is formed. Fig. 16 shows these knives used b}' the Moriori for cutting the !)lubber from wliales or other oil 3delding nniui- mals. Still less could the}' compare with the more finished obsidian knives from the Adjiiir- alty group shown in Fig. 4. Probably not much use was made of the H awa i ia n stone k n i ve s for they are ver}' rare. Knives of wood with in- serts of shark teeth will be described in the chap- ter on l\)ols and ]\Ianu- fac9;ures. The}- were less commcni on this group than on the Gilbert Isl- ands. The nnnx" impor- tant cutting tools, adzes ' and axes I leave for the 100. 14. oAWAiiAx sonu-HooK. prescut to be considered later as perhaps the most finished product among Hawaiian stone implements. Clubs and Pestles.—Warfare and Peace. As with all primitive people tliese states were not long sunxlered in time or space, their symbols nniy be considered together. Clubs and pestles in Hawaii were often of very similar form, and whether a given example. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. Honolulu : Bishop Museum Press
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