- SOFTWOOD KITCHEN TRENCHERca. mid-late
19th century; mill/shop made later era trencher with uniform cut sides and ends, flat surface bottom, rounded sides and hewn ends with shaped hand grips extending from ends,...
[more like this] - LARGE SOFTWOOD HEWN LOG TRENCHERca.
18th-early 19th century; sawn/squared base log with rounded sides and gouge hewn ends, interior gouge adze hewn with rough surface remaining on ends, sides of interior smooth,...
[more like this] - TRIBAL: NORTHWESTERN NATIVE AMERICAN
ELBOW ADZE, EARLY-MID 20TH C., HAND PAINTED WOODEN HANDLE WITH EYE SYMBOLISM AND VIBRANT COLORS, STONE BLADE WRAPPED IN HIDE, HIDE REINFORCED WITH NAILS, MOST LIKELY MADE...
[more like this] - C. 1800 NEZ PERCE ELK ANTLER HAND ADZE
FLESHERThis is an excellent circa early-to-mid 1800's hand carved and shaped Elk antler hide scraper hand adze / hide flesher from the Nez Perce of the Plateau Indians. The...
[more like this] - LATE 19TH C. MARQUESAS ISLANDS WOOD
& STONE ADZE**Originally Listed At $1500**
Oceania, French Polynesia, Marquesas Islands, Enata peoples, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hefty utilitarian tool known...
[more like this] - SUPERB 18TH C. HAWAIIAN PRE-CONTACT
STONE ADZE BLADENorth Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, Pre-Contact Period, ca. 18th century CE or earlier. A gorgeous example of a lengthy adze blade that is hand-carved from lustrous...
[more like this] - 18TH C. HAWAIIAN STONE FINISHING ADZE
BLADENorth Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. 18th century CE. A petite example of an adze blade, hand-carved from dark brown-gray stone, used for creating finer details or smoothing...
[more like this] - 20TH C. POLYNESIAN TONGAN RUBBING STAMP
/ KUPESI**Originally Listed At $800**
Oceania, Polynesia, Tonga, ca. 20th century CE. A rare example of a rubbing stamp known as a kupesi, used as a template for creating...
[more like this] - 19TH C. PNG ADMIRALTY ISLANDS ADZE HANDLE
W/ BLADE**Originally Listed At $500**
Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden adze handle of an angled...
[more like this] - 19TH C. COOK ISLANDS WOOD ADZE HANDLE
(RUATANGAEO)**Originally Listed At $1000**
Oceania, Polynesia, Southern Cook Islands, Mangaia Island, ca. mid to late 19th century CE. A beautiful openwork adze handle of...
[more like this] - 18TH C. TAHITIAN PRE-CONTACT BASALT
POI POUNDERFrench Polynesia, Tahiti, Moorea Island, Pre-Contact Period, ca. 18th century CE. A fabulous and hefty pounder, hand-carved from red-gray basalt, meant to pulverize...
[more like this] - NORTHWEST COAST CARVED HANDLE, FLENSE?Old,
weathered (but solid and dense) wood handle, possibly ash, measuring 40" long. Handle end has eagle head carving, from the style, presumed to be Inuit or Tlingit. Tool end...
[more like this] - PEDRO ANTONIO FRESQUíS, SAN RAMON NONATO
RETABLO, CA. 1800Pedro Antonio Fresquís, (1749 - 1831) San Ramon Nonato Retablo, ca. 1800, hand-adzed pine, gesso, pigments hand-adzed pine, gesso, pigments Dimensions:...
[more like this] - (3) DOGON FIGURAL SCYTHES & TROBRIAND
ISLANDS ADZE(lot of 3) Tribal tools, including: (2) scythes, Dogon peoples, Mali, West Africa, with carved figural handles, (one) female figure, (one) figure covering face...
[more like this] - MAORI CARVED WOOD AND NEPHRITE TOKI
POUTANGATA (CEREMONIAL AXE)Maori Carved Wood and NephriteToki Poutangata (Ceremonial Axe), New Zealand; with shell inlay; accompanied by a handwritten document stating "This...
[more like this] - EUROPEAN HAND WROUGHT TROUGH ADZE WITH
TOOL DECORAca. 18th century; small size lipped dubbing adze form possible use in crafting trencher, bowls, etc. with stirrup shaped socket, flared blade with round up edge,...
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