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Start Over Object class Adzes Collection place Northwestern United States
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-4046, described as With nephrite blade, plaited rawhide hafting, short bent handle of wood. Description added later: short-handled azde with greenstone (jade) blade.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-4050, described as Socketed, nephrite blade hafted in caribou antler, with rawhide lashing. Stone axe head encased in antler socket and lashed to antler handle; additional lashing along handle, to give a better grip to the user. Interesting REPLICA made partly with old used material (jadeite blade and leather thong).
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-4049, described as Socketed, small stone adze encased in bone, with wooden handle, curved handle pierced in 2 places for rawhide thong binding.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-4045, described as Adze with stone blade hafted with rawhide to short wood handle. Black. Made of stone, wood, rawhide thong.
Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-10342, described as With head of steel hatchet for blade. Handle of bone carved in rough animal (seal?) form.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-19015, described as Adze with steel blade hafted to wooden handle with rawhide.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-37115, described as Socketed adze. Antler handle. Antler socket. Nephrite blade.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-4048, described as Stone, with wooden handle. Grey nephrite blade, spruce root binding.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-4043, described as Stone blade, spruce root hafting
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-4052, described as Socketed adze, small, stone, with bone handle, green blade.

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