Blade; dark gray stone; streaked; polishing on both sides; extremely high polish on one side of cutting edge; length 18.5 cm. Used as both adze and axe for scraping out the inside of a dug-out. Archaeological patination Native name: kavilali (attributed). Made of metamorphosed basalt.
Donor:
Bronislaw Malinowski and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua Region
Culture or time period:
Massim
Collector:
Bronislaw Malinowski and Bruce D. Lawes
Collection date:
1914-1920
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kavilali blades
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits