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Object Number
00-8-70/55412
Display Title
Adze blade
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Adze blade, rectangular and flat base, triangular prism shape, angled neck protrusion at one end
Classification
- Adze
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Zealand
/
<State>
/
Aitutaki
Additional Geographic Terms
Cook Islands
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 3.7 × 4.2 × 11.8 cm (1 7/16 × 1 5/8 × 4 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55412
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(1899-1900)
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1899-1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(1899-1900)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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for Adzes with stone blades
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Papua New Guinea
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