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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> / Truk Island
Additional Geographic Terms Caroline Islands
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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