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Stone adze, string wrapping
Stone adze, string wrapping
Object Number 18-20-70/D1167
Display Title Stone adze, string wrapping
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adz, crooked wood handle, fiber wrapped haft, ground and chipped stone blade
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / New Britain
Materials Wood, Stone, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 63.4 x 24.7 x 6.1 cm (24 15/16 x 9 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object D-1167/ 148062

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