What is this?

What was it used for?

This is an adze made by the Swinomish Tribe. It was one of the first artifacts to enter Dr Warner Karshner's collections in 1930.

Tools like the adze have been used for millennia, and are still used today, to shape wood for complex projects.

For more information, visit:

• This artifact in the Karshner Digital Collections
• Artifact Worksheets you can use in your classroom or for homeschool
• Adze [Wiki]
• Adze: A History