Adze

Museum number:
2-4049
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-195 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Socketed, small stone adze encased in bone, with wooden handle, curved handle pierced in 2 places for rawhide thong binding.
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:
Malemiut Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Antler (material), Leather, and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Adzes
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 36.5 centimeters
Comment:
Second Orig. No.: Neumann 347
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-4049, described as Socketed, small stone adze encased in bone, with wooden handle, curved handle pierced in 2 places for rawhide thong binding.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-4049, described as Socketed, small stone adze encased in bone, with wooden handle, curved handle pierced in 2 places for rawhide thong binding.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-4049, described as Socketed, small stone adze encased in bone, with wooden handle, curved handle pierced in 2 places for rawhide thong binding.

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