A Ceremonial Adze, Mangia Island, Cook Islands, Late 19th Century, a genuine old one used for ceremonies and not made to trade to sailors, apparently with original stone and partial binding intact, intricately carved wood with a stone blade held in place by elaborate and fine sennit weaving, these classic examples of indigenous carvings were often traded for and collected by 19th Century sailors and whalers when sailing the South Pacific, 27.5"h; Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California