Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2013-0006-0011 | |
| 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 | Northwest region, Hauk (formerly Pollap / Polap / Pulap) Island, 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; Proximal end is rounded, while distal end is tapers to a sharp point, in part due to its triangular cross-section; Pronounced median ridge extends approx. 1.8 cm back from distal end on one face only; Distal end has been ground thin on one face only to form a sharp V-shaped cutting edge; Color is off-white; For use in shaping the interior hull during canoe building, this blade would have been hafted to a wooden handle. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 3.4, Thickness = 2.0, Length = 10.8 | |