. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. AX/tS AND ADZES, 79 obtained by tlie spalder witli a ratber heavy pebble baiiiiiier, 1)iit Ibc nature e>f tbc sionc is so different from tbe coneboidally fraAuring lliiil tbat tbe shapiii'^- had iiiostlv to l)e done by grinding, benee I was snr|)riscd to find few griiidsl{)nes. I*erliaps, as ilie workshop was abandoned long before the stone adze went out of nse, the ])ortal)1e grind- stones (See hh'g. 9) were earried awa\- to sharpen the old adzes, of wliieli there was eer-
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. AX/tS AND ADZES, 79 obtained by tlie spalder witli a ratber heavy pebble baiiiiiier, 1)iit Ibc nature e>f tbc sionc is so different from tbe coneboidally fraAuring lliiil tbat tbe shapiii'^- had iiiostlv to l)e done by grinding, benee I was snr|)riscd to find few griiidsl{)nes. I*erliaps, as ilie workshop was abandoned long before the stone adze went out of nse, the ])ortal)1e grind- stones (See hh'g. 9) were earried awa\- to sharpen the old adzes, of wliieli there was eer- tainl\- a great supply. No stone implement is found so nniversally or abundantlv all over the group. A. study of this eollccRion, small as it is, throws some light on the jiroeediire of the old adze-nnikcrs. A])parently a nnndier of s|)alls were ebipped from the core when the fire test had proved the absenee of air eells, and then a selecRion made for the various sizes and kinds of adzes desired, and it will be seen from l?late lA'IIL tliat there was a range iu size, and even verj- snuill spalls might I)e utilized, as iti No. 4602. The spall was eliip])ed ronghlv into the desired shape, and if the stone was refra(!^or\- and would not split as desired il was used for some othei- shape, or east aside. Then tlic end intended for the Ijlach:* was ground straight aeross as shown in No. 3, and to this normal the front and back were afterwar<l gnmnd. This first grind- ing served probably also to show the eompac^uess or grain of the stone. No. i indicates that the sides were ground last, for in the fragment one side is ground smooth, the other partly. It will be seen on some of the many figures of adzes given that this finisli was sometimes ouiitted on otherwise well finished adzes. No. 10 shows a partiv formed adze with the sides gnaiud and the blade broken awa}'. No. 9 is a eellular highly silicious spall rejected <as an impurity; in fact it seems a scum of tlie eHuksto
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