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Object Number 967-71-70/4658
Display Title Single ended chisel
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden adze gummed at one end with flint embedded 22 1/2" long
Inventory Description Adz, cylindrical wood stick, curved, tapered, resin with chipped stone end
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Queensland / Central West Queensland / Shire of Diamantina
Dimensions Overall: 58 x 3.7 x 3.6 cm (22 13/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Russell H. Harris
Seller Mrs. John Linden (12/12/1967)

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