Adze

Museum number:

2-4050

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Alternate number:

222 (additional number, Neumann number) and x-196 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.167

Object count:

1

Description:

Socketed, nephrite blade hafted in caribou antler, with rawhide lashing. Stone axe head encased in antler socket and lashed to antler handle; additional lashing along handle, to give a better grip to the user. Interesting REPLICA made partly with old used material (jadeite blade and leather thong).

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:

Rudolph Neumann

Collection date:

1898

Materials:

Antler (material) and Leather

Taxon:

Rangifer tarandus caribou

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Adzes

Function:

5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions

Accession date:

1904

Context of use:

for sale

Department:

Native US and Canada (except California)

Dimensions:

length 30.5 centimeters

Comment:

Second Orig. No.: Neumann #222.

Loans:

S1962-1963 #54: Florence Rosen (April 30, 1963–May 6, 1963), S1962-1963 #61: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Vincent Evans (June 24, 1963–June 24, 1963), S1966-1967 #94: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (April 18, 1967–April 18, 1967), S1967-1968 #86: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (February 6, 1968–February 6, 1968), S1967-1968 #87: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (February 2, 1968–February 5, 1968), S1970-1971 #143: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 11, 1971–June 16, 1971), S1970-1971 #149: Department of Anthropology (Stanford Univ.)/Robert L. Hoover (June 25, 1971–July 9, 1971), and S1977-1978 #75: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 15, 1978–June 20, 1978)

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