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Object Number
38-44-10/12760
Display Title
Axe with curved wooden handle
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Adze, metal blade, carved wood J-shaped perforated grooved handle, leather lashe
Classification
- Adze
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Cree
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
Materials
Metal, Wood, Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 31.8 x 18.5 x 5.1 cm (12 1/2 x 7 5/16 x 2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
38-44-10/12760
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Henry H. Richardson in memory of Theodore Jewett Eastman, Class of 1901, A.B. 1901, M.D. 1905, 1938
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman
(1888-1916)
Donor
Donated by
Mrs. Henry H. Richardson
(1938)
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