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Adze

Date1895-1901

Mediumstone

DimensionsOther: 3.6 × 4.5 × 12 cm (1 7/16 × 1 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.)

ClassificationsCeremonial Objects

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Haida

Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-444

Object numberHRC 00444

Descriptionblade, distal half of broken stone adze blade ground and pecked to form triangular black stone tool from distal pointed end, flat top surface curves up to cut off square end. flat base gradually curves up near pointed distal end.

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