Images courtesy of the Haida Gwaii Museum. Provided for research purposes only. Other uses require permission: 250-559-4643 adminassistant@haidagwaiimuseum.ca

Images(2)

Maul

Date1915

Mediumstone, wood, cedar bark, cordage

DimensionsOther: 18 × 12.2 × 42 cm (7 1/16 × 4 13/16 × 16 9/16 in.)

ClassificationsTools

Terms

Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-1187

Object numberHRC 01187

Descriptionperforated stone head lashed to wooden handle with twisted cedar bark and cord. head pecked and ground from single piece of black and grey stone into oval shape with proximal end flat and distal end rounded. central hole is 5.1cm wide. twisted cedar bark cord (s twist) and cord (z twist) are lashed around base of platform of handle and through central hole of head. oval platform has handle shaft circular in cross section extending down from centre. most of sshaft retains bark layer.
collected in Gold Harbour

On View

Not on view

Collections