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Adze-like tool, wooden handle, iron blade - used for making wooden spoons dishes
Adze-like tool, wooden handle, iron blade - used for making wooden spoons dishes
Object Number 37-105-50/3155
Display Title Adze-like tool, wooden handle, iron blade - used for making wooden spoons dishes
Descriptions
Object Description Adze-like tool, wooden handle, iron blade - used for making wooden spoons dishes, etc.
Inventory Description Adze, iron blade, inserted into bulbous wood head, wood handle, burnished
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Batswa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Portuguese East Africa: Inhambane region
Materials Wood, Iron
Dimensions Overall: 35.8 x 18.7 x 3.4 cm (14 1/8 x 7 3/8 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-105-50/3155

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