used by the Schlalum or Clalam Indians, of the Pacific Coast, to the south of the Straits of De Fuca and on Puget's Sound, to hollow out their canoes. The group. Fig. 104, exhibits various methods of attachment of stone adzes to their handles employed by the South-Sea Islanders.
The Australians occasionally mounted their tomahawks in much the same manner as that shown in the central figure. An example
Fig. 104.—South-Sea Island Axes.
has been engraved by the Rev. J. G. Wood.[1] The right-hand figure probably represents an adze from the Savage Islands. Some Brazilian and Aleutian Island adzes are mounted in much the same fashion.
The jade adzes of the New Zealanders are hafted in a somewhat similar manner; but the hafts are often beautifully carved and inlaid. A fine example is in the Blackmore Museum, and a handle in the Christy Collection. I have also a haft with the original
- ↑ "Nat. Hist. of Man," vol. ii. p. 32.
