Adze

98-11-1

From: Easter Island

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 98-11-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Easter Island
Section Oceanian
Materials Stone
Description

Rough stone adze with quadrangular cross-section. Found by Alton A. Lindsey, a member of Admiral Byrd's 1933-35 expedition to the Antarctic, "beneath one of the in-progress supine giant images still connected with the rock within the crater rim of volcanic peak Rano Roraku."

Length 17.5 cm
Width 6 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Alton A. Lindsey, 1998

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