adze

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Object Type: adze
Museum number: Am.8221
Description: Adze carved from bone and with tanned hide thongs attached at handle and head, iron blade, wood, hide.
Production ethnic group: Made by: Inupiat; Made by: Malemiut (?)
Excavator/field collector: Field Collection by: Sir Edward Belcher
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Point Hope
Materials: bone; iron; wood; skin
Technique: carved; tanned
Dimensions: Length: 17 centimetres (of head with blade); Length: 36 centimetres (of shaft)
Curator's comments: Kotzebue elders visit:
Bibliographic references: Lincoln et al 2010 / Living with Old Things: Inupiaq stories, Bering Strait history (p.30)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name: Donated by: Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
Acquisition date: 1872
Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number: Am.8221
Additional IDs: CDMS number: Am1872C1.8221 (old CDMS no.); Miscellaneous number: Am1872C0610.30

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