Adze Haft
40416
From: United States of America | Florida | Southwest Coast (Florida) | Key Marco | Collier County
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 40416 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Calusa (uncertain) |
| Provenience | United States of America | Florida | Southwest Coast (Florida) | Key Marco | Collier County |
| Culture Area | Southeast Culture Area |
| Date Made | 700-1560 CE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Deer Antler | Wood | Plant Material |
| Technique | Incised |
| Description | Handles of adzes. Crozier-shaped handles of adzes. One is unpolished but finished by shaving, showing eye figure at sides of head, and accompanied by decorated deer horn socket ferrule. Tool designed for use with shark tooth or oyster shell blades temporarily inserted. The other is the same but much shrunken and broken. "70-19-11" - incised serpent design |
| Length | 6.9 cm |
| Width | 2.2 cm |
| Depth | 2 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Florida Expedition, Frank H. Cushing; subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 291 - Cushing Catalogue Number | 70-19-40 - Old Museum Number | 291a - Cushing Catalogue Number | 70-19-11 - Old Museum Number | 300 incorrect - Cushing Catalogue Number |
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