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SKU: 260213-04

Eskimo Wood Bird Adz

$590.00

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Mid 20th Century

4.625" H x 8.25" L x 2.125" W

Hand Carved from Wood of a Bird Attached to a Metal Adz with Leather and Nails 

In Very Good Condition

Adzes are ancient cutting tools with a blade perpendicular to the handle, used by Arctic Indigenous peoples for carving wood, bone, ivory, stone lamps (like qulliq), kayaks, tools, and more. Blades were often stone (e.g., nephrite/jadeite), copper, or later iron, hafted to handles of wood, antler, bone, or ivory using sinew, hide thongs, or lashings.

An Eskimo Wood Bird Adz is a traditional Inuit (or Eskimo) adze tool used for woodworking, where the handle or haft features a bird-shaped or bird effigy carving.

Condition: Very Good

Tribe: Artic - Eskimo Subartic - Athabascan

Year Range: 1950 - 1975

Region: Pacific Northwest - and Alaska

Dimensions: 4.63 in8.25 in2.13 in

Category: Prehistoric to Historic Northwest Tools and Artifacts

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