Adze
29-175-514
From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-514 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kwakiutl |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Metal | Spruce Root |
| Description | "Elbow" adze, wooden handle with a file used as blade. Handle flares and flattens at free end, is bulbous at elbow and notched near tip of elbow. Spruce root lash-ing at notch and mounting projection on other side of elbow. File has flat flared working edge and narrow pointed end which projects beyond handle. |
| Length | 23.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/9946 - Collector Number |
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