. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. JO HAIVAIIAN STONE IMTLEAfENTS. etc., and it is found in ncarl\- all tlie liigli islands of the Pacific. Found witli tliis is plionolitc or cli!ikst(»iic, inYalual)le for adzes and grindstones; it is of a most compact strnx^iirc, brown, g'ra}', or even black in color and is a mixtnre of sanadine, felspar, nc])licline, liortiblcnd and noscan.* It is fonnd with the older lavas, and on these islands generally at a considerable elevation; on Manna Ivea at 12,000 feet. As its name
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. JO HAIVAIIAN STONE IMTLEAfENTS. etc., and it is found in ncarl\- all tlie liigli islands of the Pacific. Found witli tliis is plionolitc or cli!ikst(»iic, inYalual)le for adzes and grindstones; it is of a most compact strnx^iirc, brown, g'ra}', or even black in color and is a mixtnre of sanadine, felspar, nc])licline, liortiblcnd and noscan.* It is fonnd with the older lavas, and on these islands generally at a considerable elevation; on Manna Ivea at 12,000 feet. As its name implies it lias a ver_v metallic clink, and old worked specimens often simulate cast steel. Obsidian or volcanic i^lass is not a product of the Hawaiian volcanoes but is fonnd elsewhere in the l;*acific and is important for the cutting qnalities of its glass- like fraAured cde'cs. From Rapanui in the extreme east cxmie the dasr|yer heads, and 0^^m^::. from the Adniiralt}- group at the western edge of the Pacific region come the spear heads aiid the capital daggers of which a. specimen is shown in Fig. 5 (No. 1562), The Rapaimi dagger heads, of which three are shown in the same figure, are of coarse, almost st(m\- obsidian and when used are fastened to sluirt wooden handles. Masses of clear obsidian from New Zealand l)nt no ofijeels made from it are in this Mnsenm. In Mexico this \'oIca,iiic glass was greatly used in olden times for inlaying as the Mai>ri used pana shell and also f<ir the keen narrow knives used for circumcision and other surgical o|) 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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