Object number
65/137
Description
An adze is a woodworking tool for trimming and shaping surfaces in wood, and is used for finer work than an axe. This adze, with a wooden handle and iron head, belonged to a hurdle-maker named Holdway, who died in 1965 aged 80.
Physical description
1 adze: metal, wood
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten catalogue’ form – ‘ADZE // 65/137 // Crafts – Wood – Gate Hurdles // ... // All these items [65/137–65/148] were property of an old hurdle maker, named Holdway who died 1965 aged 80 // wood, iron // [pencil drawing].'
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_7843.tif - High resolution image
