Adze

Museum number:
2-37115
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1696
Description:
Socketed adze. Antler handle. Antler socket. Nephrite blade.
Donor:
Leonard J. Gerlach
Collection place:
Cape Blossom, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Cape Blossom
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Leonard J. Gerlach
Collection date:
1962
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Adzes
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 22 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: See acc. envelope for accompanying letter from donor.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-37115, described as Socketed adze. Antler handle. Antler socket. Nephrite blade.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-37115, described as Socketed adze. Antler handle. Antler socket. Nephrite blade.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-37115, described as Socketed adze. Antler handle. Antler socket. Nephrite blade.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-37115, described as Socketed adze. Antler handle. Antler socket. Nephrite blade.

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