Wood with elk horn blade hafted to distal end. "J" shaped piece of wood with flat spot carved into distal end to recieve blade; handcarved.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Ayotl, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Ayotl
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
May 1907
Materials:
Antler (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Adzes
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Said to be a model of a form used to dress wood.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 3.2 centimeters and length 20 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #34b: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 25, 1964–March 25, 1966) and S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965)