Adze handle

Museum number:
1-1678
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
262 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.17 and Acc.86
Description:
Adze handle, stone, cylindrical; curved proximal end; flattened area at distal end for blade attachment; rawhide knuckle guard attached to handle with string. Ground stone.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1901
Materials:
Stone (worked rock)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Adzes and Handles (components)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 20.5 centimeters and diameter 4.5 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-4419.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Adze handle, accession number 1-1678, described as Adze handle, stone, cylindrical; curved proximal end; flattened area at distal end for blade attachment; rawhide knuckle guard attached to handle with string. Ground stone.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze handle, accession number 1-1678, described as Adze handle, stone, cylindrical; curved proximal end; flattened area at distal end for blade attachment; rawhide knuckle guard attached to handle with string. Ground stone.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze handle, accession number 1-1678, described as Adze handle, stone, cylindrical; curved proximal end; flattened area at distal end for blade attachment; rawhide knuckle guard attached to handle with string. Ground stone.

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