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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
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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