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Object Number
44-4-30/4256
Display Title
Hafted stone axe - haft of wood wrapped with rawhide thong
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Hammer?, oblong stone head with two adjacent flat sides, worn at one end, and bent wood handle and interwoven hide binding, binding is broken
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Inca?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
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Chile
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Antofagasta
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<County>
/
<City>
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Chuquicatama
Materials
Stone , Wood , Hide
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement taken of stone head): 20.5 × 8.1 × 9 cm (8 1/16 × 3 3/16 × 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
44-4-30/4256
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