adze;
chisel
- Museum number
- Am,+.3648
- Description
-
Adze, chisel made of stone.
- Curator's comments
- From acquisition "chisel".
From acquisition "NY".
See Christy Correspondence:
Letter A E Douglass, New York/C H Read, 24 Nov 1887 and 'Invoice of Objects, worked in Stone & Shell by American Indians ... sent, in Exchange ... Selected from the Private Collection of A E Douglass Esq. in the Museum of Natural History, New York.
Douglass writes 'The "Chisels" are of two patterns - one the thin Celt, the other a stone rod abruptly brought to a narrow edge.'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1887
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am,+.3648
- Additional IDs
-
CDMS number: Am1887C2.3648 (old CDMS no.)
