Adze
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Nov 1947
name: label: Collector
content: Brig. Gen. James D. Glennan
label: Donor Name
content: Frances Glennan
notes: label: Notes
content: Adz. Forged metal blade, short wooden handle. 6.75" (17 cm). Records: Iron adze with wooden handle. Obtained from Mrs. Honomeata's mother, who inherited it from her mother, who obtained it from the Osages before the Kiowa knew white people. The Osages used to be at war with the Kiowas and were in contact the white people before other Southwestern Indians. They had better arms and equipment for that reason. (C). Associated names: Mrs. Honomeota's mother. (from Merrill, William L. et al. 1997. A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, no. 40. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 May 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Oklahoma Territory, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kiowa
label: Culture
content: Osage (Wazhazhe)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 177672
label: USNM Number
content: E385898-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adze