Axe

Museum number:
2-4047a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21024047a@2cb
Alternate number:
x-193 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Stone, with wooden handle. a) Red-stained curved handle, b) blade.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
W. L. Gerstle
Collection date:
1895
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Axes (stone tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
a)— 49.7 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 2-4047a,b, described as Stone, with wooden handle. a) Red-stained curved handle, b) blade.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 2-4047a,b, described as Stone, with wooden handle. a) Red-stained curved handle, b) blade.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 2-4047a,b, described as Stone, with wooden handle. a) Red-stained curved handle, b) blade.

Tools