Adze

Museum number:
2-1962
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Stone adze. Wood handle with carved faces in relief, incised fish, etc. Slate blade with spruce root lashing. Shows N.W. Coast influence.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Adzes
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Tourist piece. Useless as a tool.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 32.3 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "carved wood handle similar to carved ivory tusks from Nunivak Island." "acc. to Eskimo consultant Ronald Senungetuk (July 1987) this is a prehistoric adze for carving with new handle added later during A.C.C. marketing. - Cf. 2-1961, 1664.
Loans:
S1964-1965 #44: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (December 30, 1964–March 4, 1965)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-1962, described as Stone adze. Wood handle with carved faces in relief, incised fish, etc. Slate blade with spruce root lashing. Shows N.W. Coast influence.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-1962, described as Stone adze. Wood handle with carved faces in relief, incised fish, etc. Slate blade with spruce root lashing. Shows N.W. Coast influence.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-1962, described as Stone adze. Wood handle with carved faces in relief, incised fish, etc. Slate blade with spruce root lashing. Shows N.W. Coast influence.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-1962, described as Stone adze. Wood handle with carved faces in relief, incised fish, etc. Slate blade with spruce root lashing. Shows N.W. Coast influence.

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