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Object Number 18-20-70/D1163
Display Title Hafted stone axe, holder wrapped with rattan
Descriptions
Inventory Description Axe handle, carved wood, crooked, pointed, some bark on
Classification
  • Axe
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / New Britain
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 50.8 x 13.9 x 5.9 cm (20 x 5 1/2 x 2 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D-1163/ 1059511

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