Blade

Museum number:
2-48541
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020048541
Accession number:
Acc.2786
Description:
Adze. Alaskan nephrite, double bevelled, blade edge badly chipped, pitted on surface.
Donor:
Oliver P. Webb
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Northwest Coastal People
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1970
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blades (stone tools)
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
Woodwork.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 15 centimeters
Loans:
S1975-1976 #9: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 1974–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 2-48541, described as Adze. Alaskan nephrite, double bevelled, blade edge badly chipped, pitted on surface.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 2-48541, described as Adze. Alaskan nephrite, double bevelled, blade edge badly chipped, pitted on surface.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 2-48541, described as Adze. Alaskan nephrite, double bevelled, blade edge badly chipped, pitted on surface.

Tools