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Object Number
00-8-70/55726.1
Display Title
Adze with bone blade
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Adz, tortoise bone blade lashed to carved wood handle with plant fiber cord
Classification
- Adze
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Federated States of Micronesia
/
<State>
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Truk Island
Additional Geographic Terms
Caroline Islands
Materials
Tortoise bone, Wood, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 36.7 x 26.6 x 12.5 cm (14 7/16 x 10 1/2 x 4 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55726; 00-8-70/55726.1
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