Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 755.a-c. Rotuma. Three large stone adze blades of basaltic rock. Cf. J.A.I. vol 27, p.459. c&d Prof. Stanley Gardiner'. A small round red sticker pasted to the front of the card.
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Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Large stone adze-blade of basaltic rock.
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Author: maa

Context (Production / use)
Gardiner (1898), p.459: 'Stone axes (Plate XXVIII, Figs. 1-3) were made of a very fine grained basaltic rock common in the island, or of dense lava rubbed down to the proper size and form; they were termed ia hofu. They were mounted on an elbow stick, as is general in the South Pacific. In shape they are roughly rectangular, flattened above, below, and at the sides, with one end bevelled away. Proportionately to their size, they are remarkably thick, and the angle of their cutting edge is very blunt.'
Event Date 1898
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (References)
Gardiner, J. Stanley. 1898. The Natives of Rotuma. JRAI 27, illustrated pl. XXVIII, Fig. 2.
Event Date 1898
Author: Lucie Carreau