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Adze for making canoe - wood and metal. Litunu
Adze for making canoe - wood and metal. Litunu
Object Number 49-14-50/8386
Display Title Adze for making canoe - wood and metal. Litunu
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Litunu
Inventory Description Adz, curved metal blade insert'd in carved wood handle, crack'd and abraid'd
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yao
  • Lambia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms Mtimbuka; Fort Johnston, near
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 26 x 18.8 x 5.1 cm (10 1/4 x 7 3/8 x 2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49-14-50/8386

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