Adze Blade

33-37-597

From: United States of America | Alaska | Montague Island | Stockdale Harbor

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 33-37-597
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Prehistoric Eskimo
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Montague Island | Stockdale Harbor
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Locus 1st site on right lagoon
Section American
Materials Greenstone
Description

Splitting adze broken and reshaped as planing adze. Then broken again. Shows remains of two cutting edges.

Height 2.5 cm
Length 12 cm
Width 5 cm
Credit Line Danish National / University Museum Expedition; Kaj Birket-Smith and Frederica de Laguna, 1933
Other Number X-108 - Field No SF

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