Adze (Chebakl Kim)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 May 1958
name: label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Department Of Interior
notes: label: Notes
content: From Card: " Wooden (Callophylum inophyllum) haft of recent manufacture; shaft curves continuously from butt to heel. Heel tip is squared off and beveled at both sides; heel projects considerably. Toe forms narrow angle with shaft. Foot is dubbed out deeply, flat surface and sharp shoulder. Back of shaft and foot both bear a keel. Adze blade of tridacna shell, triangular cross-section, flat back fitting dubbed foot of haft, front convex both latitudinally, and longitudinally beveled for cutting edge, shouldered from point where fits end of heft toe to poll [?]. Lashing (2-ply sennit twist) consists of simple transverse turns around toe, presumably not truly native style. Apparently an ancient blade has been incorrectly lashed to a modern haft. Maker is Demei of Ngarchamai Hamlet, Koror. This adze is carried over the shoulder by men, is as much a part of his attire as the loincloth."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ngarchamai Hamlet, Koror, Palau, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Palauan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 213418
label: USNM Number
content: E394598-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adze