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shell hammer/ax

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mullet:
I think they might have been used scraping or an adz in canoe construction but not for real heavy pounding. You see a lot of broken ones in old mounds and debris piles.

Ryan Jacob:
This is pretty cool. From what I remember, my uncle had a shell adze. The handle was an L shaped branch with a slot on top. The shell was, a thick, marine seashell that was glued and bound on.

swamp monkey:

--- Quote from: Ryan Jacob on September 15, 2017, 07:09:47 pm ---This is pretty cool. From what I remember, my uncle had a shell adze. The handle was an L shaped branch with a slot on top. The shell was, a thick, marine seashell that was glued and bound on.

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Ryan,  do you recall if this was something he did as a living history thing or was it a family treasure?

Ryan Jacob:
It’s a family treasure, most likely ornamental-only though.

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