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Object Number 32-68-70/D4032.1
Display Title stone hatchet head
Descriptions
Inventory Description Axe, polished, brad, flat, ovate, rounded blade and butt
Classification
  • Axe
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Additional Geographic Terms King Edward River
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 9 x 7.9 x 2.9 cm (3 9/16 x 3 1/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D4032
Provenance
Collector Penn Museum (1920)
Vendor University of Pennsylvania (4/11/1932-5/9/1932)

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