Adze

Museum number:
2-19015
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.862
Description:
Adze with steel blade hafted to wooden handle with rawhide.
Donor:
Donald E. Worcester
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Donald E. Worcester
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Adzes
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
Blade:— length 22.2 centimeters and Handle:— length 35 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-19015, described as Adze with steel blade hafted to wooden handle with rawhide.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-19015, described as Adze with steel blade hafted to wooden handle with rawhide.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-19015, described as Adze with steel blade hafted to wooden handle with rawhide.

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