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Object Number 23-5-70/D1815
Display Title Adze blade
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adz blade, ground and chipped stone, gray, sloping blade, squared butt
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1923
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 13.8 x 4.4 x 3.1 cm (5 7/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D/ 1815
Provenance
Collector Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer (1923 - 1923)
Donor Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer (1923 - 1923)

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