Object Number | NA5700 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chilkat | Tlingit |
Provenience | Alaska |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Iron | Wood | Plant Fiber | Cloth |
Description | Iron adze lashed to a wooden handle with spruce root. The butt end of the iron blade is forged into a ring which serves as an additional attachment point to the handle. Used for general, large-scale woodworking like hollowing out a canoe or house construction. |
Length | 41.4 cm |
Width | 11.8 cm |
Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedtion to the Northwest Coast, Louis Shotridge, 1917 |
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