Ceremonial Broadaxe
date: label: date made
content: 1964
notes: label: Description
content: In Japan, a new ship was launched with a silver ceremonial ax called a shinsuifu. The ship’s sponsor used the ax to cut a rope to start the ship down the ways into the water.
label: Description
content: This wooden-handled example is engraved M.S.”Rose”.
label: Description
content: M.S. [Motor Ship] Rose was built in 1964 in Japan by Messers. Maru Shipping Company and named after Rose Proler, the matriarch of a family that owned a large scrap metal processing business built upon their unique design for a machine that could grind entire automobiles into small pieces for sorting. The ship was launched on September 15, 1964. More information about the vessel is available in the description of the associated oil painting.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan: Ōsaka, Ōsaka
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Maritime
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Rose L. Proler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2025.0025.06
label: catalog number
content: 2025.0025.06
label: accession number
content: 2025.0025
objectType: label: Object Name
content: broadaxe
label: Object Name
content: axe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal; wood; paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 42.8 cm x 50.5 cm x 5 cm; 16 27/32 in x 19 7/8 in x 1 31/32 in