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Adze handle
Object Number 10-21-10/76608
Display Title Adze handle
Descriptions
Object Description Adze handle
Inventory Description Handle, ground stone, curved to point, grooved, ridged, chipped
Classification
  • Handle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Karuk
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California / Humboldt County
Additional Geographic Terms Orleans, above
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 28.8 x 5.4 x 3.4 cm (11 5/16 x 2 1/8 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 76608
Provenance
Collector Isaac Abner Beers (ca. 1880)
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1910 - 1910)
Collector Mr. Carroll S. Hartman (1910 - 1910)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1910 - 1910)

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