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Object Number
94-57-10/R38
Display Title
Adze head, nephrite. Butt-end roughly chipped along natural plates.
Descriptions
Object Description
Adze head, nephrite. Butt-end roughly chipped along natural plates. On one fac
Inventory Description
Adz, ground stone, large, chipped and grooved
Classification
- Adze
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1894
Culture
- Navugmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
North Slope Burough
/
Point Barrow
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 19 x 8.4 x 4.1 cm (7 1/2 x 3 5/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
R\38
Provenance
Collector
Frederick H. Rindge
(?)
Donor
Frederick H. Rindge
(1894)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94-57-10/R37 | Smoothly ground adze head of nephrite. Butt-end is roughly chipped. |
Adze
|
Point Barrow
| |
| 94-57-10/R35 | Adze, head of nephrite. Stone blade has slight curve & is bevelled on one edge. |
Adze
|
Point Barrow
| |
| 94-57-70/R2004 | Adze with blade of nephrite |
Adze
|
Oceania
| |
| 94-57-10/R43 | Scraper. Handle of wood, blade of nephrite. Entire piece smoothly ground. |
Adze
|
Alaska
| |
| 94-57-10/R36 | Adze head, neprite. Smoothly ground as head tapers towards cutting edge. |
Adze
|
Point Barrow
| |
| 86-3-70/38224 | Nephrite adze blade |
Adze
|
New Zealand
| |
| 47-54-70/2615 | Nephrite adze 5" x 2.4" |
Adze
|
New Zealand
| |
| 04-28-10/63545 | Nephrite celt |
Adze
|
Alaska
| |
| 04-28-10/63564 | Nephrite celt |
Adze
|
Alaska
| |
| 94-57-70/R1979 | Polished celt or adze - nephrite |
Adze
|
Nissan Island
| |
| 94-57-70/R1980 | Adze, nephrite blade |
Tool
|
Nissan Island
| |
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Image Not Available
for Adze with blade of nephrite
| 94-57-10/R2004 | Adze with blade of nephrite |
New Caledonia
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