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Object Number 87-20-10/44080
Display Title Small jade? axe
Descriptions
Object Description Small jade? axe
Inventory Description Adz blade, ground greenstone, squared edges, blunt end chipped
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Haines Borough / Klukwan
Materials Greenstone
Dimensions Overall: 4.3 x 2.7 x 0.7 cm (1 11/16 x 1 1/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 87-20-10/44080
Provenance
Collector Rev. Eugene S. Willard (1887)
Donor Rev. Eugene S. Willard (1887)

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