Adze

Museum number:
2-4056
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-202 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Socketed adze. With steel blade in bone socket, set in bone. Wooden handle, rawhide thong hafting.
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:
Bone (material), Leather, and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Adzes
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 31 centimeters
Loans:
S1962-1963 #52: University of California, Davis (April 19, 1963–May 3, 1963)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-4056, described as Socketed adze. With steel blade in bone socket, set in bone. Wooden handle, rawhide thong hafting.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-4056, described as Socketed adze. With steel blade in bone socket, set in bone. Wooden handle, rawhide thong hafting.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-4056, described as Socketed adze. With steel blade in bone socket, set in bone. Wooden handle, rawhide thong hafting.

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