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Object Number 27-5-70/D2978
Display Title Adze blade
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adz blade, smoothed squared sides, slanting blade, chipped squared butt
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 21 x 3.6 x 4.3 cm (8 1/4 x 1 7/16 x 1 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D/ 2978
Provenance
Collector Mrs. Edward Tenney
Donor Mr. Edward Tenney (1927)

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