Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin, Issue 70Bishop Museum Press, 1930 - Anthropology |
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adz shown ancient Austral Islands baskets bevel bird blade Borabora braid breadfruit canoe chipping concavity convex Cook Islands coral corm cross section crushed edge feet fences fibers FIGURE finished fish flake flattened front grinding grooves ground Haatauhi hafts hand hau bark Hina Huahine inches juice killed land lashing lauhala mallets manioc marae marginal angularity Mataura material Maui missionaries modern monoi native niau operator Orbicella pounder paddle Pandanus Paorani pavement pecking process person Pipini-ma plant poles Polynesian probably profile of adz Raau rachis Raiatea Raivavae rau ere reef Remedy Rimatara Rurutu scars sennit Series shaft shape sides similar slabs slightly Society Islands spear specimens stone strands strips surface Tahiti Tahitian Taie Tamatoa tang tapa taro taro patches Tematauira Tinirau Tuamotu Islands Tubuai adzes TUBUAIAN Ututoa Vahine weaving width woman