Adze handle

Museum number:
1-9321
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
195 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.210
Description:
Adze handle, stone, slightly curved, tapering to a blunt point at the proximal end; flattened area at distal end for blade attachment. Four incised notches on opposite side of blade area. Ground steatite.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Martin's Ferry, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Martin's Ferry
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Stone (worked rock)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Adzes and Handles (components)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1906
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 4.1 centimeters and length 21.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Adze handle, accession number 1-9321, described as Adze handle, stone, slightly curved, tapering to a blunt point at the proximal end; flattened area at distal end for blade attachment. Four incised notches on opposite side of blade area. Ground steatite.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze handle, accession number 1-9321, described as Adze handle, stone, slightly curved, tapering to a blunt point at the proximal end; flattened area at distal end for blade attachment. Four incised notches on opposite side of blade area. Ground steatite.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze handle, accession number 1-9321, described as Adze handle, stone, slightly curved, tapering to a blunt point at the proximal end; flattened area at distal end for blade attachment. Four incised notches on opposite side of blade area. Ground steatite.

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