Adze

Museum number:
2-38461
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1919
Description:
D" shaped, steel trade axe hafted to a carved whalebone handle.
Donor:
Hamlin-Jose Pony Express Foundation
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)
Collector:
Hamlin-Jose Pony Express Foundation
Collection date:
August 1964
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Adzes
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 23.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Adze, accession number 2-38461, described as D" shaped, steel trade axe hafted to a carved whalebone handle.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Adze, accession number 2-38461, described as D" shaped, steel trade axe hafted to a carved whalebone handle.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Adze, accession number 2-38461, described as D" shaped, steel trade axe hafted to a carved whalebone handle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-38461, described as D" shaped, steel trade axe hafted to a carved whalebone handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-38461, described as D" shaped, steel trade axe hafted to a carved whalebone handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-38461, described as D" shaped, steel trade axe hafted to a carved whalebone handle.

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