Adze handle

Museum number:

2-4287

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21020004287

Alternate number:

x-433 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.167

Object count:

1

Description:

Antler with groove for blade and socket. 2 perforations. Remnant sinew cordage. Specimen also marked 2-1170.

Donor:

Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections

Collection place:

Alaska

Verbatim coll. place:

Alaska

Culture or time period:

Alaskan Eskimo and North Igylak

Collector:

Rudolph Neumann

Collection date:

1898

Materials:

Sinew (material)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Adzes and Handles (components)

Function:

1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits

Accession date:

1904

Context of use:

Used for manufacturing.

Department:

Native US and Canada (except California)

Dimensions:

length 10.6 centimeters

Legacy documentation: