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Adze, long handled

Object/Artifact

Metal-headed tool with curved, cutting blade on one side and flat, pounding head on the other. The tool has a long, curved wooden handle with the paint worn away where the tool was held with two hands.

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2024.04.83

May have been used by a carpenter, ship builder or cooper.

1840 Shipbuilding

Adz

Mattock

woodworking

cutting

smoothing

27 in

8-1/2 in

3 in

Sec 3E Shelf S20

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