Adze blade

Adze blade
Culture/People
Iñupiaq
Previous owner
Frank H. Wood, Non-Indian, 1851-1933
Seller
Frank H. Wood, Non-Indian, 1851-1933
Presenter/funding source
Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
Collection History
Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Frank H. Wood (1851-1933), a collector and curator of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society in New Bedford, Massachusetts; purchased by MAI from Frank Wood in 1916 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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Place
Hotham Inlet; NANA Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
See related items
Iñupiaq
Woodworking tools
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
5/2953
Barcode
052953.000
Object Type
Woodworking tools
Object Name
Adze blade
Media/Materials
Ivory
Techniques
Carved
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws66e4c6603-d241-41a3-a1e6-4dd905e19561
Record ID
NMAI_57254