Adze

Museum number:
5-13400
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
JC37a (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3332
Description:
Adze—wood; hook-shaped handle with circular metal blade tilted over short end of handle. Length 46 cm, width 19.4 cm.
Donor:
University Research Expeditions Program
Collection place:
Gob Dogo, Marsabit, Kenya
Culture or time period:
Rendille
Collector:
Jean Colvin and University Research Expeditions Program
Collection date:
Summer 1977
Materials:
Metal and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Adzes
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Context of use:
Used by men or women (?) for shaping wooden objects—used with chopping motion. Select branch with "V" shape for handle.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1981-1982 #25: de Saisset Museum (Santa Clara Univ.) (December 11, 1981–April 1, 1982)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 5-13400, described as Adze—wood; hook-shaped handle with circular metal blade tilted over short end of handle. Length 46 cm, width 19.4 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 5-13400, described as Adze—wood; hook-shaped handle with circular metal blade tilted over short end of handle. Length 46 cm, width 19.4 cm.

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