Adze volcanic rock 1

This is a hafted adze from Hawaii. The blade is fasted to the handle with coconut sennit. That piece of fabric beneath the twining is kapa (bark cloth). This helps absorb shock, keeps the bindings tight, and prevents the rope from being gnawed away by the rough stone of the blade. These tools were collected by Nathaniel Emerson and purchased by the Smithsonian in 1909 following the close of the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition in Seattle. The National Museum of the American Indian.