Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2013-0006-0010 | |
| Category | Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Adze blade | |
| Culture | Micronesian: Chuukese | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Federated States of Micronesia | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Chuuk (Truk) | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Atoll: Lekinioch, Mortlocks region, Caroline Islands | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. mid 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Richmond Collection (Chuuk Islands) | |
| Materials | Shell (Tridacna sp.) | |
| Description | Adze blade made by pecking and grinding piece of tridacna shell to elongated oval shape that is somewhat wider at distal end; Both ends are rounded; Distal end has been ground thin on one face only to form a sharp cutting edge; Color is off-white; For use in canoe building, this blade would have been hafted to a wooden handle. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 4.2, Thickness = 1.5, Length = 11.0 | |