Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected or purchased by Stewart Culin (1858-1929, later of the Brooklyn Museum) for the Free Museum of Art and Science at an unknown date; acquired by George Heye through an exchange with the Free Museum of Science and Art in 1908.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Makah
- Collector
- Stewart Culin, Non-Indian, 1858-1929
- Previous owner
- Free Museum of Science and Art (University of Pennsylvania Museum) (University Museum, University of Pennsylvania)
- Object Name
- Adze blade
- Media/Materials
- Metal
- Techniques
- Hammered
- Dimensions
- 12.5 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
- Object Type
- Woodworking tools
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