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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 Ancestor figurine, accession number 18-989, described as Figurine, ancestor; carved hardwood, dark brown; male figure; hands claspes in front of body; headdress resembles spearpoint standing in air. Length 32.3 cm. Width 4 cm.