Adze handle

Museum number:
1-2149
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
733 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.67, Acc.69, and Acc.86
Description:
Adze handle, ground stone, curved (90 degrees); tapered proximal end; square distal end with flattened notch for blade.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Stone (worked rock)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Adzes and Handles (components)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1903, January 15, 1903, and July 15, 1902
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 16.5 centimeters and width 4 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-4851.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Adze handle, accession number 1-2149, described as Adze handle, ground stone, curved (90 degrees); tapered proximal end; square distal end with flattened notch for blade.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze handle, accession number 1-2149, described as Adze handle, ground stone, curved (90 degrees); tapered proximal end; square distal end with flattened notch for blade.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze handle, accession number 1-2149, described as Adze handle, ground stone, curved (90 degrees); tapered proximal end; square distal end with flattened notch for blade.

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