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Object Number
98-18-10/52153
Display Title
Adze
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Adze, carved wood handle, bone blade, tied to handle w/ leather and hide strips
Classification
- Adze
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Materials
Wood, Bone, Leather, Rawhide
Dimensions
Overall: 28.4 x 27.6 x 7.1 cm (11 3/16 x 10 7/8 x 2 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
52153
Provenance
Collector
Capt. Miner Bruce
(?)
Donor
Capt. Miner Bruce
(1898)
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