Those who have gone to Pioneer Days at Fowler Park may have seen a small adze used to make wooden bowls. An adze is a tool used to shape, level and smooth wood to make a variety of items. A ...

A large well-formed Maori adze, made of argillite, was found at Lake Onoke by a woman picking up driftwood and is being kept at Aratoi Museum of Art and History in Masterton. The mysterious history of ...

An adze is an essential tool for those who work with wood by hand. Its shape and structure give you specific control while processing wood, especially when chopping curved forms, planning, and ...

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Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1996. "The Great Stone Adze in the Smithsonian Institution:History and Provenance." Rapa Nui Journal, 10, (4) 89–92.