222 (additional number, Neumann number) and x-196 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Socketed, nephrite blade hafted in caribou antler, with rawhide lashing. Stone axe head encased in antler socket and lashed to antler handle; additional lashing along handle, to give a better grip to the user. Interesting REPLICA made partly with old used material (jadeite blade and leather thong).
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Antler (material) and Leather
Taxon:
Rangifer tarandus caribou
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Adzes
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
for sale
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 30.5 centimeters
Comment:
Second Orig. No.: Neumann #222.
Loans:
S1962-1963 #54: Florence Rosen (April 30, 1963–May 6, 1963), S1962-1963 #61: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Vincent Evans (June 24, 1963–June 24, 1963), S1966-1967 #94: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (April 18, 1967–April 18, 1967), S1967-1968 #86: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (February 6, 1968–February 6, 1968), S1967-1968 #87: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (February 2, 1968–February 5, 1968), S1970-1971 #143: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 11, 1971–June 16, 1971), S1970-1971 #149: Department of Anthropology (Stanford Univ.)/Robert L. Hoover (June 25, 1971–July 9, 1971), and S1977-1978 #75: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 15, 1978–June 20, 1978)