Adze

Museum number:
5-2978a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
Adze-ax; Itiou; A) wooden handle, 17 inches long; B) iron adze-ax blade, 7¼ inches long, 2½ inches wide.
Donor:
Leonard Plotnicov and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Akwa, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Af.; Nigeria; Tiv; Akwara
Culture or time period:
Tiv
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Collection date:
1962
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Adzes
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1974-1975 #22: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Larry Michalak (October 9, 1974–October 16, 1974)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Adze, accession number 5-2978a,b, described as Adze-ax; Itiou; A) wooden handle, 17 inches long; B) iron adze-ax blade, 7¼ inches long, 2½ inches wide.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Adze, accession number 5-2978a,b, described as Adze-ax; Itiou; A) wooden handle, 17 inches long; B) iron adze-ax blade, 7¼ inches long, 2½ inches wide.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 5-2978a,b, described as Adze-ax; Itiou; A) wooden handle, 17 inches long; B) iron adze-ax blade, 7¼ inches long, 2½ inches wide.

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