Adze handle

Museum number:
1-11813
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.286
Description:
Adze handle, ground stone, curved to about 75 degree angle; oval cross section tapering to flat point at proximal end; finger groove running entire length; flattened area at distal end for blade attachment.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Pekwan (historic village), Klamath River, Humboldt County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Pekwan
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
May 1907
Materials:
Stone (worked rock)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Adzes and Handles (components)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 3.8 centimeters and length 17 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Adze handle, accession number 1-11813, described as Adze handle, ground stone, curved to about 75 degree angle; oval cross section tapering to flat point at proximal end; finger groove running entire length; flattened area at distal end for blade attachment.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze handle, accession number 1-11813, described as Adze handle, ground stone, curved to about 75 degree angle; oval cross section tapering to flat point at proximal end; finger groove running entire length; flattened area at distal end for blade attachment.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze handle, accession number 1-11813, described as Adze handle, ground stone, curved to about 75 degree angle; oval cross section tapering to flat point at proximal end; finger groove running entire length; flattened area at distal end for blade attachment.

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