EditorialInscribed Adze From Foundation Deposit 2 of Hatshepsut's Valley Temple, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1479?1458 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Hatshepsut Valley Temple, Foundation Deposit 5AFD2, 1915?16, Wood, bronze or copper alloy, lea...
EditorialCooper hammering a metal hoop on a hogshead barrel. On the walls are tools such as saws, axe, spoke-shave, stock and bit, adze and auger. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Tabart, London, 1810.
EditorialNoah building the ark. Holkham Bible Picture Book. England, circa 1320-1330. [Whole folio] Noah building the ark; God points to a threatening rain cloud. Only the hull is finished, so Noah hangs up his adze, and finishes work on the upper part of the a...
EditorialLamech kills his son; Noah. Holkham Bible Picture Book. England, circa 1320-1330. [Whole folio] Upper part of drawing; Lamech beats his son to death with his bow, after his son has returned from the thicket where he found Cain lying pieced by an arrow....
EditorialHand Forged Adze. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 27.9 x 22.8 cm (11 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: blade: 8 1/2" long, 2 1/2" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper.
EditorialAdze, before 16th century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Chiapas, Maya (?), Stone, Height 4-7/16 in., Stone-Implements, Greenstone axe heads, commonly known as ?celts,? were some of the most important works of art across ancient Mesoamerica and Central America....
EditorialHand Forged Adze. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 27.9 x 22.8 cm (11 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: blade: 8 1/2" long, 2 1/2" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper.
EditorialInscribed Adze From Foundation Deposit 2 of Hatshepsut's Valley Temple, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1479?1458 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Hatshepsut Valley Temple, Foundation Deposit 5AFD2, 1915?16, Wood, bronze or copper alloy, lea...
EditorialAdze, before 16th century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Chiapas, Maya (?), Stone, Height 4-7/16 in., Stone-Implements, Greenstone axe heads, commonly known as ?celts,? were some of the most important works of art across ancient Mesoamerica and Central America....
EditorialInscribed Adze From Foundation Deposit 2 of Hatshepsut's Valley Temple, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1479?1458 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Hatshepsut Valley Temple, Foundation Deposit 5AFD2, 1915?16, Wood, bronze or copper alloy, lea...
EditorialPlunderers' Wedge, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, ca. 1070?945 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb, Pit, 1923?24, Tamarisk, L. 15 cm (5 7/8 in.), One of two 'plunderers' wedges' found in the pit of Tomb, this was original...
EditorialCooper hammering a metal hoop on a hogshead barrel. On the walls are tools such as saws, axe, spoke-shave, stock and bit, adze and auger. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Tabart, London, 1810.
EditorialIn the background, chandeliers. First, from left to right: adze, spoon-shaped auger with curved handle, pegs, decorated wooden objects and wooden stakes for tents. Offerings from the Tomb of the Oseberg Ship. 9th century. Viking Ship Museum. Oslo. Norway.
EditorialTypical Chinese men playing a game of dice, one man with pigtail, another in straw hat, one smoking a pipe, and a farmer in glasses holding an adze. Handcoloured woodcut by Pannemaker from Auguste Wahlen's "Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuple...
EditorialCOSTUME OF A NEW TRIBE OF ESQUIMAUX; DISCOVERED BY DR. RAE, ON VICTORIA LAND; AND ARCTIC IMPLEMENTS, FROM MR. BARROW'S COLLECTION, AT THE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION; 1. Bowl. 2. Adze. 3. Fishhook. 4. Snow shovel. 5. Lamp. 6. Pipe. 7. Pick-axe.
EditorialPolished axe-head, ca. 1800 BCE The Neolithic period is characterized by the advent of ground and polished axes and adze heads. Polishing the stone tool by grinding a fine abrasive against it gave the axe a smoother cutting edge and greater strength. P...
EditorialCeremonial adze, representing the Olmec " God I" with his typical flaming eyebrows. Olmec art was a major influence on early Maya art. Green jadeite (1200-800 BCE). Height 29.5 cm. Inv. St. 536.