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: BASALT ADZE HAFTED TO A WOODEN HANDLE BY MEANS OF BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER AND STRANDS OF WHITE HORSE HAIR. THE HORSE HAIR ACTS AS A CUSHION BETWEEN THE STONE AND THE COCONUT FIBER. MARKS: "EX EX 3732 MATAVI I." WRITTEN ON ADZE. EXAMINED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, JUNE 1941. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ADZ, HAFTED, HORSE HAIR, WHITE. 15 CM. L., 4.5 CM. WIDE, 4 CM. THICK. UP. TRIANG. BLADE, TYPICAL SOC. IS. ENTRY, ORIG. CAT."727, 'TOI', OR STONE ADZES MADE AND FORMERLY USED BY THE TAHITIANS." L. OF HANDLE, 16", ROUND IN CROSS SECTION. LOAN: SITES JAN 9 1987. MAGNIFICENT VOYGERS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Feb 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Matavai, Tahiti, Society Islands, France, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tahitian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3732-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adze
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 40.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 20.5 cm