Adze
Gwich'in
Dene (Athabascan)
Subarctic
collected 1962
Stone
Overall: 7 1/16 × 1 1/8 × 1 1/4 in. (18 × 2.8 × 3.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Professor Robert A. McKennan, Class of 1925
166.45.16176
Geography
Place Made: Yukon River region, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Woodworking
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Subarctic
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by George Edwin, Tanana Village, on Morelock Creek between Tanana and Rampart, Alaska; given to Professor Robert Addison McKennan [Dartmouth Class of 1925, 1903-1982), 1962; given to present collection, 1966.
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