Adze handle

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Culture/People: probably Copper Inuit (attributed)

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source circa 1919.
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Place: Banks Island; Inuvialuit Settlement Region; Northwest Territories; Canada
Archipelago: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Island Name: Banks Island
Island Grouping: South Canadian Arctic Islands

See related items: Copper Inuit; Woodworking tools

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 9/136
Barcode: 090136.000

Object Type: Woodworking tools

Object Name: Adze handle
Media/Materials: Animal Bone
Techniques: Carved, drilled

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6ff8eb8ac-9b97-4c69-9eee-0bf9e955d909

Record ID: NMAI_97145