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Object Number 30-65-50/H1419
Display Title Adze (Arabic "Gadoom")
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adze, carved wood handle w/ metal blade, wrapped around tip, copper wire attache
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Banda
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan / Bahr al Ghazal / <County> / <City> / Azrak
Additional Geographic Terms Azrak; Raga, near
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 20.3 x 21.6 x 5.5 cm (8 x 8 1/2 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 30-65-50/H1419

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