Adze

NA5699

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA5699
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chilkat | Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Stone | Wood | Hide | Plant Fiber
Description

Stone elbow adze lashed to a fitted wooden handle with hide lashings and maple bark fiber rope. Used for general, large-scale woodworking like hollowing out a canoe or house construction.

Length 61.5 cm
Width 15 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedtion to the Northwest Coast, Louis Shotridge, 1917

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