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D-AdzeA8080

D-handled adze composed of a wooden handle bound to a slightly flaring curved steel blade with metal wire. The blade has two bored indents. The handle has an almost parallelogram shape, a slight protrusion at the front and two bumps at the back with a curved indent between them.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
metal, steel metal and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaulA701

Tool made from a large, oval piece of coarse stone and a thick wooden handle. The dark stone has a deep groove around the middle and another groove that runs perpendicular to the first one, around one end of the stone. One end of the thick wooden handle is rounded, the other end flares. The flared end is carved to fit lengthwise over the stone with several grooves. The leather lashings are wound around the stone and the wooden handle; the grooves in the stone and wood holding the lashings securely in place.

Culture
Coast Salish: Songhees ?
Material
wood, leather skin and stone
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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