article
Adzes from the Lau Islands, Fiji
Journal of the Polynesian Society • 47 • Published In 1937 • Pages: 97-108
By: Thompson, Laura.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In the 18th and 19th centuries, the islands of southern Lau were the center of the canoe industry for all Fiji, and Tonga as well. This work, combined with other highly-developed wood-working activities, necessitated the development of a number of cutting implements, made of both stone and shell. In this article, a number of these implements are described and pictured, and the techniques of their manufacture are discussed in detail.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- General tools
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Lau Fijians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1996
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- James R. Leary ; 1959
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1933-1934
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Lau Islands, Fiji
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Laura Thompson
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Fijians