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Object Number
00-8-70/55464
Display Title
Shell adze head
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Adz blade, shell, triangular in cross section, one end beveled
Classification
- Adze
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Marshall Islands
Additional Geographic Terms
Rongelab
Materials
Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 13.9 x 3.7 x 4.3 cm (5 1/2 x 1 7/16 x 1 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55464
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(01/1900)
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(01/1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(01/1900)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00-8-70/55763 | Shell adze blade |
Adze
|
Caroline Islands
Ponape Island | |
| 00-8-70/55521 | Shell adze blade |
Adze
|
Wotje Atoll
| |
| 36-105-70/381 | Adze head made from the lip of a cassia or helmet shell |
Adze
|
New Guinea
| |
| 48-51-70/2950 | Axe or adze head from the giant tridacna shell |
Adze
|
Yap Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55522 | Shell adze blade |
Adze
|
Wotje Atoll
| |
| 00-8-70/55523 | Shell adze blade |
Adze
|
Wotje Atoll
| |
| 00-8-70/55472 | Adze blade (shell) |
Adze
|
Likiep Atoll
| |
| 00-8-70/55554 | Shell adze blade |
Adze
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 09-7-70/74505 | Shell bladed adze (tridacna shell) |
Adze
|
Federated States of Micronesia
| |
| 91-6-70/50648 | Adze with shell blade |
Adze
|
Vanuatu
French Polynesia | |
| 00-8-70/55480 | Small adze shell blade |
Adze
|
Likiep Atoll
| |
| 64-18-70/4525 | Adze with rough triangular cross-section stone (oc sibil - star mt. + |
Adze
|
New Guinea
Indonesia |