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Adze blade
Object Number 20-9-10/87550
Display Title Adze blade
Descriptions
Inventory Description Axe, worked blade, double notched
Classification
  • Axe
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 15.4 x 4.1 x 5 cm (6 1/16 x 1 5/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 87550
Provenance
Collector Henry Moses (?)
Donor Mrs. W. Scott Fitz (1920)

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