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Hafted stone axe, roughly fastened
Hafted stone axe, roughly fastened
Object Number 18-20-70/D1162
Display Title Hafted stone axe, roughly fastened
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adze, carved wood handle worked at bottom, stone blade is hafted between two adze head pieces which are wrapped or woven with rattan
Classification
  • Axe
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / New Britain
Materials Wood, Rattan, Stone
Dimensions Overall (Width = length of adze head and blade): 55 × 33 × 6.6 cm (21 5/8 × 13 × 2 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D-1162; (105916-1); (105916-2)

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