Shell Adze
date: label: Accession Date
content: 13 Sep 1972
label: Collection Date
content: 1970
name: label: Collector
content: Peter Ochs
label: Donor Name
content: Peter Ochs
notes: label: Notes
content: From catalog card: "Blade a thick longitudinal section of conch shell, sharpened with coral, found by Maeniluk who made new handle and lashed with coconut fiber. Used for hollowing out canoe hulls"
label: Notes
content: This is almost certainly the item that was made by Biour, not Maeniluk. Maeniluk made one shell adze for Ochs, and this item had a long handle (E415127-0). Accession records, letter Ochs to Riesenberg, January 23, 1972: "helleki: traditional canoe-making tool (see #3b). Shell found by Biour; handle made in one day."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Mar 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Puluwat Atoll, Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Micronesian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 302188
label: USNM Number
content: E415124-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adze
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 32.2 cm