Axe

Museum number:
2-4041
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-189 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Stone ax with wooden handle, stone lashed to handle with rawhide.
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:
Malemiut Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Leather and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Axes (stone tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
For hewing and surfacing logs and planks.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
88 centimeters
Comment:
Second Orig. No.: Neuman #347.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 2-4041, described as Stone ax with wooden handle, stone lashed to handle with rawhide.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 2-4041, described as Stone ax with wooden handle, stone lashed to handle with rawhide.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 2-4041, described as Stone ax with wooden handle, stone lashed to handle with rawhide.

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