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Adze
Object Number 19-41-70/D1278
Display Title Adze
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adze, L-shaped, carved wooden handle, flat tapered stone blade, stone inserted into handle, handle wrapped with plant fiber and cane
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Materials Wood , Cane , Plant fiber , Stone
Dimensions Overall: 87 × 54.5 × 15.4 cm (34 1/4 × 21 7/16 × 6 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D-1278

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