Adze
Iñupiaq or Yup'ik
Western Arctic
Arctic
19th century
Bone, greenstone
Overall: 3 3/4 × 1 15/16 in. (9.5 × 5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Estate of Corey Ford, Class of 1921H
169.75.24871
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Woodworking
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 12.11, NAS 30, Arctic Crossroads: Its Peoples, Cultures, and History, William Fitzhugh, Winter 2015
Exhibition History
Peoples and Cultures of the Northwest Coast and Arctic Regions, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 22-October 14, 1990.
Peoples and Cultures of the Plains, Northwest Coast, and Arctic Region, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Native American Studies 21 / Anthropology 40, Hood Museum of Art, October 30-December 20, 1992.
Provenance
Possibly U.S. Mercantile Company, Nome, Alaska; sold to Corey Ford (1902-1969, Class of 1921H), about August 7, 1941; Estate of Corey Ford, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection,1969.
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