Bone Straight Adze Handle Item Number: E708-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
OBJECT IS ILLUSTRATED ON P. 8 ("A") OF DAVID IVES BUSHNELL, "DRAWINGS BY GEORGE GIBBS IN THE FAR NORTHWEST, 1849-1851," SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 97.8 (1938). - STEVEN L. GRAFE 1997. Bushnell identifies animal figure on handle as representing a raccoon, Procyon lotor, with the eyes indicated by copper inlays and identifies object as collected by George Gibbs probably in 1850 or 1851. See p. 386 of Gilman, Carolyn; 2003; Lewis and Clark across the divide; Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books, where this object is illustrated and described. Identified there as handle for a straight adze, animal leg bone, Chinookan, pre-1850, collected at the mouth of the Columbia River, designed for use with a steel blade. Animal figure carved on the end. The type used for carving canoes.
Item History
- Made in Oregon, USA ? or Washington, USA ?
- Collected in Oregon, USA ? or Washington, USA ?
- Received from Capt. George Gibbs during 1862
What
- Name
- Bone Straight Adze Handle
- Identification Number
- E708-0
- Type of Item
- adze
Who
- Received from
- Capt. George Gibbs
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Oregon, USA ? or Washington, USA ?
- Collected in
- Oregon, USA ? or Washington, USA ?
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1862
Other
- Accession Number
- 000051