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Pre-Contact Hawaiian Stone Hand Tool

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Item Details

Description

**Originally Listed At $400**

North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, Maui, Pre-Contact Period, ca. 16th to 18th century CE. A spherical stone tool of utilitarian form, most likely for a hammer. This would have been secured at the end of a wooden handle to maximize the force generated with each strike. Size: 3" L x 2.9" W x 2.125" H (7.6 cm x 7.4 cm x 5.4 cm)

Please note this item falls under the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act and is not eligible for international shipping. Native American, Alaska Native, & Native Hawaiian objects are only eligible to ship within the United States.

Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection, acquired from 2000 to 2010; ex-private old family collection, Maui, Hawaii, USA

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Condition

Minor nicks and abrasions commensurate with age and use, otherwise intact and very good. Nice surface smoothness throughout. Previous inventory label handwritten on verso.