Types of Adzes.

The Aitutaki adzes, like those of the other islands of the Cook Group, are well made and pleasing to the eye. They are ground on all surfaces, and polished when the material will take a polish. The surfaces of the butt are usually ground and polished equally with these of the blade, except the parts that are shaped for a grip. In one adze, Fig. 194A, the grip was polished equally with the blade. This feature was also observed in some Rarotongan adzes. In some the surface of the poll was ground level. They form a great contrast with the rough surfaces of the Marquesan adzes figured by Linton².

The adzes seen will be classified according to cross section, which seems the most fundamental structural condition that influenced shape.