Adze

Iñupiaq or Yup'ik
Western Arctic
Arctic

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19th century

Bone, greenstone

Overall: 3 3/4 × 1 15/16 in. (9.5 × 5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Estate of Corey Ford, Class of 1921H

169.75.24871

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Tools and Equipment: Woodworking

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic

Not on view

Course History

ANTH 12.11, NAS 30, Arctic Crossroads: Its Peoples, Cultures, and History, William Fitzhugh, Winter 2015

Exhibition History

Peoples and Cultures of the Northwest Coast and Arctic Regions, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 22-October 14, 1990.

Peoples and Cultures of the Plains, Northwest Coast, and Arctic Region, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Native American Studies 21 / Anthropology 40, Hood Museum of Art, October 30-December 20, 1992.

Provenance

Possibly U.S. Mercantile Company, Nome, Alaska; sold to Corey Ford (1902-1969, Class of 1921H), about August 7, 1941; Estate of Corey Ford, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection,1969.

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