Adze

Museum number:
11-591
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Accession number:
Acc.25
Description:
Small shell adze. hafted; constructed so that the shell blade and front haft can swivel within the rear haft structure.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Penrhyn Atoll, Northern Cook Islands, Cook Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Mortlock Is.; Carolines
Culture or time period:
Polynesian
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Shell (animal material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Adzes
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
December 15, 1901
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 11-591, described as Small shell adze. hafted; constructed so that the shell blade and front haft can swivel within the rear haft structure.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 11-591, described as Small shell adze. hafted; constructed so that the shell blade and front haft can swivel within the rear haft structure.

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