Adze handle

Museum number:
1-2152
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010002152
Alternate number:
736 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.67, Acc.69, and Acc.86
Description:
Adze handle, stone, round; slightly bent proximal end; linear groove on underside of handle; flattened area for blade attachment at distal end; raised ridge on each side of flattened area. 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:
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 17.8 centimeters and diameter 4.3 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-4419.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Adze handle, accession number 1-2152, described as Adze handle, stone, round; slightly bent proximal end; linear groove on underside of handle; flattened area for blade attachment at distal end; raised ridge on each side of flattened area. Ground stone.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze handle, accession number 1-2152, described as Adze handle, stone, round; slightly bent proximal end; linear groove on underside of handle; flattened area for blade attachment at distal end; raised ridge on each side of flattened area. Ground stone.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze handle, accession number 1-2152, described as Adze handle, stone, round; slightly bent proximal end; linear groove on underside of handle; flattened area for blade attachment at distal end; raised ridge on each side of flattened area. Ground stone.

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