Adze blade

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Culture/People: Nuxalk (Bellacoola)
Collector: Reverend Thomas Crosby, Non-Indian, 1840-1914
Previous owner: Reverend Thomas Crosby, Non-Indian, 1840-1914
Seller/source: Reverend Thomas Crosby, Non-Indian, 1840-1914

Collection History: Collected between 1874 and 1894 by Reverend Thomas Crosby (1840-1914, an English missionary who worked with North Pacific Coast peoples from 1863 to about 1900); purchased by George Heye from Reverend Crosby in 1908.
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Place: Bella Coola River; Central Coast Regional District; British Columbia; Canada

See related items: Nuxalk (Bellacoola); Woodworking tools

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 1/8150
Barcode: 018150.000

Object Type: Woodworking tools

Object Name: Adze blade
Media/Materials: Stone
Techniques: Ground

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6cdb5f8fc-6449-42bf-8336-dce847356e58

Record ID: NMAI_19254