Fao'a
human history
Fao'a. Stone adze. This Fao'a (adze) is worked from ofa'i (stone) of a grey-brown colour. It is flat and trapezoidal in shape and quadrangular in section. The surface of the blade is left flaked and unfinished. The Fao'a has a shallow bevel and a reduced poll that is left pecked.
Accession number: 1937.105 Last Update: 5 Jul 2019
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Adze (English)
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1937.105
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24 Mar 1937
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23183.6 (ethnology)
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