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Description: | CULT North American Indian Canada North America This axe head would originally have been attached to a wooden T-shaped handle with sinew lashing across the transverse groove on the top. They were used for carpentry and such activities as the making of house posts and canoes. Metal adzes largely replaced these stone examples in the 18th Century as European trade developed, implying that this adze head is very probably a pre-contact artefact. It is in a similar style to those used at Nootka Sound, Canada, however the donor and origin are not recorded in the accession book. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | NAMERA : JEN : PCOOK : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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