Adze
ClassificationsTools and Equipment-adzes
Culture
Tlingit
Dateearly 20th Century
Made AtNorth America
MediumWood, steel, cotton, twine and resin
Dimensions15 3/4 × 2 1/4 × 9 in. (40 × 5.7 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Herbert W. Clark Trust
Object number2016.14.11
DescriptionThe Tlingit used adzes to hollow out cedar trees to create canoes. Traditional carvers made use of stone adzes and fire to burn and hew out the center of a large spruce or cedar log. Canoes were constructed from the straight-grained wood of red cedar trees that had been blown over by the wind or felled by building a fire at the base. The log was hollowed out with hand tools and shaped by filling the cavity with water and dropping hot stones into it.On View
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