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Samoan Material Culture

Figure 197.—Triangular adz, Type VII (B. 8940):

Figure 197.—Triangular adz, Type VII (B. 8940):

Figure 197.—Triangular adz, Type VII (B. 8940):

a, front; narrow well ground front surface with narrow cutting edge below and forming narrow strip towards the poll owing to grinding of front median ridge; we'll chipped sides, showing lower curve towards cutting edge due to bevel grinding; b, back well chipped wide surface, bounded by back edges at the sides; well ground bevel with slightly inclined chin; poll surface inclined forwards and upwards; c, side well chipped, showing thickness of adz and bevel convexity from above down; front, convex longitudinally; lower end touched up on grinding stone; d, the sections show transverse convexity of sides, wide back,' narrow front, and relative thickness. The thickness is greater than the width.