Place MadePolynesia

Title

adze head

Date19th Century

Mediumstone

Dimensions1 3/4 × 5/8 × 3 3/4 in. (4.4 × 1.6 × 9.5 cm)

Object number1933.21.2

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionSmall basalt adze head, reportedly brought from the Marquesas Islands.

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Ceremonial adze

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19th Century

19th Century

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Congaree (Ship)

1851-1860

19th Century

18th Century

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[Gay Head (Ship) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by William Lowen, on voyage from 20 Oct. 1856-28 Aug. 1860] :

Gay Head (Ship)

shipbuilder's adze head

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Logbook of the Isabella (Ship) and Favorite (Bark) of Fairhaven, Mass., mastered by Ivory C. Albert and John Bunting, keeper unknown, on two voyages from 16 April 1831 – 17 June 1836

Isabella (Ship : 1826-1865)

1831-1836

ODHS 18 cover page

[Cicero (Ship) of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by John R. Stivers, keeper William. J. Chadwick and then Isaac Wrisley, on voyage 9 October 1860 - 25 May 1865],

Cicero (Ship)

1860-1865

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[Henry H. Crapo (Bark) of Dartmouth, Mass., mastered by Spooner Jenkins, keeper Nathan Crow, on voyage 13 August 1852 - 1 May 1854],

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