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Ground hafted axes
Object Number 30-54-70/D3449.1
Display Title Ground hafted axes
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ax, bent wood handle secured to stone head with plant fiber and resin?
Classification
  • Axe
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yolngu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory / Arnhem Land
Additional Geographic Terms Northeast
Materials Stone, Wood, Plant fiber, Resin
Dimensions Overall: 36.5 × 9.3 × 5.6 cm (14 3/8 × 3 11/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object (D-3349); D-3449; 30-54-70/D3449.1
Provenance
Collector W. Lloyd Warner (1929-1930)
Seller W. Lloyd Warner (1930)

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