Adze handle

Museum number:
1-1945
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010001945
Alternate number:
529 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.67, Acc.69, and Acc.86
Description:
Adze handle, stone, curved; round proximal end tapering to blunt point. Flattened area for blade attachment at distal end. Five notches and two projections to secure lashing. Ground stone; incised.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
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, January 15, 1903, and July 15, 1902
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 25.5 centimeters and diameter 5 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-4851.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze handle, accession number 1-1945, described as Adze handle, stone, curved; round proximal end tapering to blunt point. Flattened area for blade attachment at distal end. Five notches and two projections to secure lashing. Ground stone; incised.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze handle, accession number 1-1945, described as Adze handle, stone, curved; round proximal end tapering to blunt point. Flattened area for blade attachment at distal end. Five notches and two projections to secure lashing. Ground stone; incised.

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