Adze

2003-43-247

From: Siberia | Amur River

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 2003-43-247
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Nanai
Provenience Siberia | Amur River
Culture Area Siberia
Section American
Materials Wood | Metal | Leather
Technique Carved | Incised | Forged | Lashed
Description

Adze consisting of an elaborately carved, crooked wooden handle to which a heavy iron blade is lashed with hide strips; a piece of fishskin pads the area between the blade and the handle; incised scroll and triangular designs decorate the head and the end of the handle.

Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1899.1.247 - Other Number | 74-1-88 - Other Number | 189 - Other Number

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