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Adze. Handle of dark basalt
Adze. Handle of dark basalt
Object Number 94-57-10/R575
Display Title Adze. Handle of dark basalt
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adz, metal crosshatched blade, lashed with rawhide, ground stone handle, curved
Classification
  • Hat
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hupa?
Additional Geographic Terms Klamath River
Materials Stone, Metal, Rawhide
Dimensions Overall: 33 x 11.8 x 4.6 cm (13 x 4 5/8 x 1 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object R\575
Provenance
Collector Frederick H. Rindge (1894)
Donor Frederick H. Rindge (1894)

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