Adze Item Number: 3274/17 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Adze with a wedge-shaped blade of cut auger shell. The blade is lashed to the wooden hafting platform by twisted coconut fibre(?). The shaft is a branch with an acute-angled hafting platform.
Item History
- Made in Lamotrek, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
- Collected during 1962
- Owned by William H. Alkire before August 16, 2017
- Received from William H. Alkire (Donor) on August 16, 2017
What
- Name
- Adze
- Identification Number
- 3274/17
- Type of Item
- adze
- Material
- wood, auger shell and coconut fibre ?
- Overall
- height 36.5 cm, width 14.3 cm, depth 3.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Yapese
- Previous Owner
- William H. Alkire
- Received from
- William H. Alkire (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Lamotrek, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
When
- Collection Date
- during 1962
- Ownership Date
- before August 16, 2017
- Acquisition Date
- on August 16, 2017
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3274/0017