Adze

Museum number:
2-1961
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
With stone blade, curved wood handle, rawhide hafting. According to Eskimo consultant Ronald W. Senungetuk (July 1987) this is a prehistoric adze for carving with new handle added later during A.C.C. marketing.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Kosovefski, Unknown Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Kosovefski
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
October 1894
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Adzes
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 29.5 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: Cf. 2-1962, 1664.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-1961, described as With stone blade, curved wood handle, rawhide hafting. According to Eskimo consultant Ronald W. Senungetuk (July 1987) this is a prehistoric adze for carving with new handle added later during A.C.C. marketing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-1961, described as With stone blade, curved wood handle, rawhide hafting. According to Eskimo consultant Ronald W. Senungetuk (July 1987) this is a prehistoric adze for carving with new handle added later during A.C.C. marketing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-1961, described as With stone blade, curved wood handle, rawhide hafting. According to Eskimo consultant Ronald W. Senungetuk (July 1987) this is a prehistoric adze for carving with new handle added later during A.C.C. marketing.

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