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Object Number 20-9-10/87549
Display Title Adze blade
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adze, tapered, worked blade
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 10.6 x 4.9 x 2.5 cm (4 3/16 x 1 15/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 87549
Provenance
Collector Henry Moses (?)
Donor Mrs. W. Scott Fitz (1920)

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