Object class: Stone tools / Collection place: Asia / Culture or time period: Asian cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 18-1101, described as Adze; woodworking tool. Handle: wood(”kayu belimbing,” “Averrhoa bilimbi” Linn.); shank: wood (”jerin tupai”) (”Pithecellobium microcarpum,” Benth); blade: steel; tie: rattan (”rotan tunggai”). Handle, round, wider at top, 83 cm. long; large split at top of handle. Shank, L-shaped. Blade, approximately 16 cm. long. Iron blade purchased in market, usually made by Chinese blacksmiths, but occasionally by Malays. Used for felling trees and shaping wood planks, especially in the manufacture of boats. Like an axe or adze (blade can be rotated to an angle). Handle in two pieces, the handle (”purdah”) and the shank (”sangul”). Before axes became common as trade item this tool was extensively used, presently used only for special purposes like shaping beams and boats. Made by men. Cost in U.S. dollars: 5.33.

Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 10-593, described as Small adze; iron blade; carved wooden handle in floral design; plaited rattan lashing. See 10-249; may be a hatchet.

Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 9-11532, described as adze; cylindrical, carved, hardwood handle fitted to squarish, down-curving steel blade. Length 16 cm, overall length 36 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Blade, handle, fragments, accession number 10-3139a-d, described as blade, handle, and broken pieces

Hearst Museum object titled Chopper, accession number 9-11471, described as chopper; for vegetables, preparing quid, and cutting unripe mangoes; wood base with steel blade connected to base with a hinge; length 51.2 cm x width 9.7 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Chopper, accession number 9-9312, described as Chopper; guillotine type with iron frame; Blade; mounted on wood base; length 75cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Chopper, accession number 9-11470, described as chopper, for vegetables, unripe mangoes and the preparation of quid; metal base with chopping blade connected by a hinge; rusted. Total length 51.5 cm x height 13 cm Made by - c 1936 Role in trade - found all over N. India, obtained in U.P.

Hearst Museum object titled Grinding slab, accession number 9-6843a, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Grinding stone, accession number 10-1490, described as Type of sharpening stone; strip of rattan tied around; 4 1/8” l.