Adze

Museum number:
2-4042
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-188 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Stone adze with birch bark handle, rawhide hafting with wood wedge underneath. Some redstained sections on the handle.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Birch bark (plant material), Leather, Rawhide, and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Adzes
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
earthwork, construction of houses, scaffolds
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 67.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1966-1967 #26: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Charles M. Keller (November 4, 1966–June 19, 1967)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-4042, described as Stone adze with birch bark handle, rawhide hafting with wood wedge underneath. Some redstained sections on the handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-4042, described as Stone adze with birch bark handle, rawhide hafting with wood wedge underneath. Some redstained sections on the handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-4042, described as Stone adze with birch bark handle, rawhide hafting with wood wedge underneath. Some redstained sections on the handle.

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