Adze blade

Museum number:
2-3941
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-87 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Adze blade made of black stone. Slate fragment of an ulu blade with the cutting edge ground from both sides.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Adzes
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 9.7 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze blade, accession number 2-3941, described as Adze blade made of black stone. Slate fragment of an ulu blade with the cutting edge ground from both sides.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze blade, accession number 2-3941, described as Adze blade made of black stone. Slate fragment of an ulu blade with the cutting edge ground from both sides.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze blade, accession number 2-3941, described as Adze blade made of black stone. Slate fragment of an ulu blade with the cutting edge ground from both sides.

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