Adze Blade
33-37-616
From: United States of America | Alaska | Prince William Sound | Montague Island | Stockdale Harbor
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 33-37-616 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Prehistoric Eskimo |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Prince William Sound | Montague Island | Stockdale Harbor |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Locus | 2nd site on right lagoon |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Greenstone |
| Description | Has two cutting edges, at right angles to each other. One is like splitting adze edge, the other like planing adze or axe. Splitting adze edge is rather blunt. Was probably a combination splitting adze and axe. |
| Height | 2.2 cm |
| Length | 11.5 cm |
| Width | 3.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Danish National / University Museum Expedition; Kaj Birket-Smith and Frederica de Laguna, 1933 |
| Other Number | X-128 - Field No SF |
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