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Hand adze with iron blade, crab apple handle. Standard, utilitarean, D-shaped.
Hand adze with iron blade, crab apple handle. Standard, utilitarean, D-shaped.
Object Number 17-17-10/87074
Display Title Hand adze with iron blade, crab apple handle. Standard, utilitarean, D-shaped.
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Tsikaman
Object Description Hand adze with iron blade, crab apple handle. Standard, utilitarean, D-shaped. Old name "towaya". 20 x 4 x 8 cm.
Inventory Description Adz, wood handle, hide wrapped base, steel blade inserted
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / <County> / <City> / Gwa I
North America / Canada / British Columbia / <County> / Kwakiutl Village
Additional Geographic Terms Kingcome Inlet; Queen Charlotte Sound
Materials Wood, Steel, Hide
Dimensions Overall: 7 x 16.7 x 3.5 cm (2 3/4 x 6 9/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 17-17-10/87074 / 58
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1917)

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