Adze

Museum number:
10-593
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Accession number:
Acc.408
Description:
Small adze; iron blade; carved wooden handle in floral design; plaited rattan lashing. See 10-249; may be a hatchet.
Donor:
Charles Ravenscroft Greenleaf
Collection place:
Tawi Tawi Island, Tawi-Tawi group, Sulu Archipelago
Culture or time period:
Moro and Sama-Bajau
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Adzes
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1911
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1957-1958 #2: University of California, Riverside (April 2, 1958–November 25, 1958)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Adze, accession number 10-593, described as Small adze; iron blade; carved wooden handle in floral design; plaited rattan lashing. See 10-249; may be a hatchet.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Adze, accession number 10-593, described as Small adze; iron blade; carved wooden handle in floral design; plaited rattan lashing. See 10-249; may be a hatchet.

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