Hand Adze
29-175-510
From: Canada | British Columbia
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-510 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Metal | Leather |
| Description | "D" type. Wooden handle with metal blade, bound together with strip of rawhide or leather and 2 nails. Flat metal blade has slit in it for lashing to pass through. Handle has oval opening, curved top surface with bump which protrudes in front and small hollow for thumb at rear. Back line of handle first vertical and then slanted inward. |
| Height | 9.1 cm |
| Width | 4.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/9858 - Collector Number |
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