Set Of Canoe-Builder's-Tools Item Number: E74770-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Adze, chisel & 3 awls. Iron blade of modern type with highly specialized handhold attached by leather strap: illus. in Proceedings, USNM vol. 60; Pl. 15, no. 10; p. 48. Adze Illus.: Hndbk. N. Amer. Ind., Vol. 7, Northwest Coast, Fig. 1u, pg. 2.Listed on page 48 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Northwest Coast Tribes (Tools)".
Item History
- Made in Neah Bay, Washington, USA
- Collected by James G. Swan in Neah Bay, Washington, USA
- Received on February 2, 1885
What
- Name
- Set Of Canoe-Builder's-Tools
- Identification Number
- E74770-0
- Type of Item
- canoe tool
Who
- Culture
- Makah
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Neah Bay, Washington, USA
- Collected in
- Neah Bay, Washington, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on February 2, 1885
Other
- Accession Number
- 015690