Adze handle

Museum number:
1-1218
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3218 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.19
Description:
Adze handle, stone, with recess for blade at distal end, downward curving tip at the other. Recessed hollow for finger grip. Well polished from use. Ground stone.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Klamath River below Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Klamath River area; Klamath R. below Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
August 1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Adzes and Handles (components)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
December 7, 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 16.5 centimeters and width 4.3 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-4419.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Adze handle, accession number 1-1218, described as Adze handle, stone, with recess for blade at distal end, downward curving tip at the other. Recessed hollow for finger grip. Well polished from use. Ground stone.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze handle, accession number 1-1218, described as Adze handle, stone, with recess for blade at distal end, downward curving tip at the other. Recessed hollow for finger grip. Well polished from use. Ground stone.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze handle, accession number 1-1218, described as Adze handle, stone, with recess for blade at distal end, downward curving tip at the other. Recessed hollow for finger grip. Well polished from use. Ground stone.

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