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Axe with wooden handle
Object Number 22-29-70/D1693
Display Title Axe with wooden handle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ax, triangular stone head, secured with bent wood handle, tied with cotton
Classification
  • Axe
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Additional Geographic Terms Panton River
Materials Stone, Wood, Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 22 x 9.9 x 4.4 cm (8 11/16 x 3 7/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D1693
Provenance
Collector Mr. Walter Badenach (1922)
Donor Donated by Mrs. Walter Badenach (1922)

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