Description
Nuu-chah-nulth D Adze
Date: 19th Century
Artist: Nuu-chah-nulth
Dimensions: 12” x 4” H x 2 ¼”
Description: A wonderful early D-Adze carving tool executed from a hardwood, most likely maple, and lashed with hide cordage and a hand forged metal blade. Beautiful glowing old patina from use and great age. This type of tool was used for hollowing out the dugout canoes and shape totem poles for village use. Similar type of items collected by the early explorers that arrived on the Northwest Coast like Captain James Cook.
Provenance: London England
