These Adzes were obtained from a collector on the Island of Hawaii. They were found while diving in the waters off Kona. This display of adzes shows different types used for different types of "carving." I like them since you can see the growth of coral on them. As you can see several of the adze are quite large. The flat adze with the coral growth is wide and narror and was obviously used for cutting wood such as working on a canoe. The longer adze in the bottom of the picture was used for cutting. The smaller adze could have been hand held and used for finer work such in carving bowls. This is a very nice collection of Hawaii Adze.
