Adze
Usage Conditions Apply
- Culture/People
- Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]
- Previous owner
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Seller
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Object Name
- Adze
- Media/Materials
- Walrus bone, jade , bearded seal/ugruk hide/skin
- Techniques
- Ground
- Object Type
- Woodworking tools
- Place
- Point Barrow; Arctic Slope Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown, but said to have been collected in 1850; acquired by Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899) at an unknown date; lent to MAI by George T. Emmons in 1920; purchased by MAI from George Emmons in 1924.
- Catalog Number
- 10/1808
- Barcode
- 101808.000
- See related items
- Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]
- Woodworking tools
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement