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Object Number 00-8-70/55351
Display Title Adze blade
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adz, ground stone, beveled blade, rounded end, chipped
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Tonga / <State> / Tongatapu island
Additional Geographic Terms Tongatapu Group
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 9.1 x 4.8 x 2.6 cm (3 9/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55351 / Tongatabu / Nov. 30 / 1899
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1899-1900)
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1899-1900)
Collector U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition (1899-1900)
Donor Alexander Agassiz (1900)

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