Massim
Adze
Massim, 1933-1966
Scroll
Massim
Adze
Massim, 1933-1966
Physical Qualities
Wood, metal, wire, twine, 20 1/16 x 11 1/2 in. (51 x 29.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Marjorie Teitelbaum, Baltimore
Object Number
1992.128
Wooden adze with metal blade. Blade hafted into wooden socket with wire and twine. Wooden handle is cylindrical at bottom, becoming squared on inner face and tapered on outer face moving toward the top. Handle flares where it joins top hafting portion. Only ornament is semi-circular crest of wood at back of haft which is continuation of flared handle.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift 1991; Marjorie Teitelbaum, Charters Towers Australia 1940s'
William A. Shack, THE KULA: A Bronislaw Malinowski Centennial Exhibition, Berkeley, CA: Robert H. Lowie Museum of Anthropology, 1985, no.27, pg.50, no.46, pg.59, no.68, pg.76, ill. Important Tribal Art, Christie's, London, 11/30/94, no.32, pg.12, ill.
