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Object Number
27-5-70/D2988
Display Title
Adze blade
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Axe, ground stone, flaring semilunar blade, chipped
Classification
- Axe
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 12.4 x 7.7 x 1.4 cm (4 7/8 x 3 1/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D/ 2988
Provenance
Collector
Mrs. Edward Tenney
Donor
Mr. Edward Tenney
(1927)
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