Hafted Adze
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: TRIDACNA-SHELL ADZE HAFTED TO INVERTED L-SHAPED WOODEN HANDLE BY MEANS OF TWISTED AND BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER CORD. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO PAPER LABEL "ONE ADZE FROM A LARGE SHELL WITH A DUPLICATE EDGE FROM RARAKA ISLAND." PUBLICATION: KENNETH P. EMORY, "MATERIAL CULTURE OF THE TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO," P. 112-113.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ORIG. CAT.: "ADZ MADE AND USED BY THE NATIVES OF RARAKA ISLAND." (ADDITIONAL INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41)."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Jan 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Raraka Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago, France, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tuamotuan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3813-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adze
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 36.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 27 cm