This is a Palauan hand adze used for woodworking, ebakl in the Palauan vernacular. A dachelbai is a man who is skilled in creating things by hand, such as fashioning o …

Originally purchased from a German private collection, offered is an extremely rare adze from the Palau Islands. I have included a photo of a similar example published in "In Den Weiten Des Pazifik - Mikronesian". The handle of the adze measures 24 inches in length.

Using a collection from the Tokyo University Anthropology Department, which included beaked adzes from Palau and the Carolines, Ya-wata (1942) describes a large (27 cm long) beaked adze labelled as from “Palau” (Dept Specimen B.369).

Jan 4, 2024 · Recent investigations of interactions in the western Pacific have focused on post-settlement contact between Micronesia and Melanesia. In the process the presence and importance of the beaked adze, an unique adze form with a pointed cutting edge, have not been given detailed attention.

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Jun 13, 2023 · Our review of Polynesian adze quarries and sources demonstrates that site descriptions are uneven hampering regional comparisons based on size, production output and internal complexity.

Adze quarries and sources are some of the most visible, unique and well-preserved Polynesian archaeological sites where stone technology, intensification of production, other aspects of economy, social organisation and ritual practices are anchored together on the landscape.

Basalt adze typology was one of the first methods Pacific archaeologists developed to investigate the initial human migrations into Polynesia - one of the last regions of the world to be occupied by humans.

818 likes, 14 comments - pasifikavisuals on April 9, 2024: "Making paddle with adze, Tobi, Belau (Palau) 1980. Photo by Dr. James P. Mcvey.".

The adze with traditional haft has a wooden curved handle and a rope of plant fibers that connect the shaft to the shellblade. Before 1800, hatchets were the most commonly used tools in daily life by men in Palau.