19th C. Hawaiian Stone Adze Axe Head

North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A hefty stone adze or chopping tool with an elongated profile. The butt end is quite thick with a flat face, which could certainly be used as a ha

Native American, Alaska, St. Lawrence Island, Inuit, Aleutian, or Punuk peoples, ca. 1850 CE. A beautiful axe head made from an attractive mottled gray stone with a groove and two ribs. The axe featur

Stone Axe Head from Papua, New Guinea, Tungei Territory, Wahgi Valley, likely later half of 19th C. Dimensions: 7 1/2" (DTAG7146)(MM)

South Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A hand-knapped basalt blade used for a utilitarian adze. The trapezoidal blade features a dense butt end that would be fitted atop the head of an

**First Time At Auction** North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, Pre-Contact period, ca. 14th to 18th century CE. A huge and heavy gray basalt adze (adz) head, probably quarried from Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The

North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, Pre-Contact Period, ca. 18th century CE or earlier. A hand-carved stone adze blade of a hefty form bearing a trapezoidal body, an upturned handle, and a tapered head w

North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, Pre-Contact Period, ca. 14th to 18th century CE. A pair of miniature hand knapped stone adze heads. The first is a gray stone with flattened faces and a tapered butt e

North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A hand-carved hand chisel or adze blade of a hefty and sturdy form with a trapezoidal body, a slightly raised handle, and a sharpened blad

**Originally Listed At $200** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River Basin, Iryan Jaya region, ca. 19th century CE. An elegant adze featuring a hand-carved wooden handle and flat stone head wrapped ti

Stone axes with wooden handles, Papua New Guinea, late 19th century or early 20th century from the Sepik River Region. A variant of the Mount Hagen type, the deep gray stone head finely hand-ground, b

North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, Big Island (Hawai'i), ca. 19th century CE. A beautiful poi pounder or muller tool carved by hand from tan-hued stone with light gray inclusions. The tool exhibits a br

North Pacific, Hawaii, ca. 19th century CE. A fabulous mortar, skillfully hand-carved from creamy sandstone and presenting smooth, sturdy walls that rise to a slightly conical body and a thick, circul

North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A finely preserved poi pounder of a bell-shaped form carved from gray-brown stone. The hefty tool is comprised of a rounded pounding face, a broad

Great 19th century full beaded stone head war club. Hide wrist strap with adornments. Great 19th century Native American club. Measures approx 29 inches long with 3 inch wide club.

South Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A hand-carved stone game piece for a native Hawaiian game known as 'Ulu maika. The circular stone (known as an 'ulu) has smooth peripheries for ro

14.75" drilled contemporary haft with brass mouthpiece. 6.75" x 2" brass head with iron bit insert. Head adorned with leaf motifs and linear border design. **Some darkening of brass with edge damage t

North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A trio of hand-carved stone celts used for utilitarian purposes like chopping or scraping. The first stone exhibits dark green and b

**Originally Listed At $225** South Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A fine pounder or sanding tool, carved from a fragment of porous volcanic stone of a soft grey hue. Th

India 19th Century Axe head decorated with flower and tendril design with red fringe over finely turned handle. Comes with a certificate of authenticity. Overall length 38 1/2".Axe head 7 1/4" x 7 3/4

Europe,19th Century Axe head over thin wood handle with metal bands and caps.,Overall length 35 5/8".Axe 8 3/4" x 5" From the collection of a Burrillville, Rhode Island estate.

**First Time At Auction** North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A porous piece of volcanic stone carved into a fishing weight. The sinker has a shallow groove encircling the ce

North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, Maui-Lahaina, ca. 19th century CE. A sizable poi or medicine pounder, hand-carved from basalt in mottled hues of gray. The fine implement displays a thick handle and a

South Pacific, Polynesia or Hawaii, ca. 19th century CE. Made of a smoothed grey-green basalt, with a rounded base and a slightly pronounced handle, this style of poi pounder is known as "knobbed". Si

**Originally Listed At $300** North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A hand-carved black basalt adze blade with an upturned tang, a thick midsection, and a downward-sloping blade edge t