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Adze3277/7
Oblong stone adze. One end is rounded, and the opposite tapers in to a sharp edge.
- Culture
- New Guinea
- Material
- stone
- Made in
- Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
Adze3274/17
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.
- Culture
- Yapese
- Material
- wood, auger shell and coconut fibre ?
- Made in
- Lamotrek, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
Adze (Part)16/9217
- Material
- nephrite stone
- Made in
- Lower Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada
- Holding Institution
- American Museum of Natural History
Adze16/8193
THE KWAKIUTL OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. BOAS, FRANZ MEMOIRS, 8, 1909
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw: Koskimo
- Material
- wood, bone, feather and plant fibre
- Made in
- Koskimo, British Columbia, Canada
- Holding Institution
- American Museum of Natural History
Adze, Canoe Making16/6857
THE KWAKIUTL OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. BOAS, FRANZ MEMOIRS, 8, 1909
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Made in
- Koskimo, British Columbia, Canada
- Holding Institution
- American Museum of Natural History
Adze Handle16/6846
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Holding Institution
- American Museum of Natural History
Adze16/901
- Material
- stone
- Made in
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Holding Institution
- American Museum of Natural History
AdzeT/22602
- Material
- stone
- Made in
- Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Holding Institution
- American Museum of Natural History
Elbow Adze3259/33
Wooden elbow adze. Haft formed from elbow-shaped light brown wood. Smooth, long handle increases in outside diameter to pointed elbow, from which a thicker flat section extends downwards at an approximately forty-five degree angle. Haft's top surface is cut away where the blade is lashed with wire and nailed. Underside of haft base end has lashing projection.
- Culture
- Northwest Coast
- Material
- wood and metal
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
D-Adze3259/32
D-shaped wooden handle with carved dog-like features at one end, and a pointed tail-like feature at the other. The handle grip bulges at the centre. The upper portion of the wooden handle is long, and then tapers on each side to the lower portion where it attaches to the blade. The repurposed axe blade has an 8 cm eye for a haft. The blade is attached to the handle by two nails - one at each end.
- Culture
- Northwest Coast
- Material
- wood, steel metal ? and copper metal ?
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia