Adze. An adze with a wide, flat rusty iron head and a wooden handle.

Title

Adze. An adze with a wide, flat rusty iron head and a wooden handle.

Identifier

ABDUA:15928

Description

Hand adze, perhaps used by coopers to strip bark off trees. One of a number of items (eg ABDUA 15895 to 15915) donated by Mrs Argo of Aberdeen, some of which were used on the farm of Darnabo, near Fyvie, Aberdeenshire. Most of the items date to the early 20th century, though some objects may be even older. Mrs Argo left the Darnabo farm c. 1970, and had previously been at New Deer.

Date

Early: 1890 Late: 1940

Format

metal iron wood, L: 216 mm W(blade): 66 mm

Coverage

Europe, Scotland, North East Scotland, Darnabo Fyvie Aberdeenshire

Relation

ABDUA:15927

Type

Physical Object

Provenance

Acquisition Source: Argo Mrs

UUID

376d53fe-a83b-4fdf-9f3e-2a4cc35bf89b