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Object Number
25-46-70/D2419
Display Title
Hafted axe
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ax, stone head, secured with bent wood handle, resin, tied with fiber
Classification
- Axe
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
/
Kimberley
/
<City>
/
Drysdale River
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Materials
Wood, Stone, Plant fiber, Resin?
Dimensions
Overall: 33.5 x 9.5 x 4.5 cm (13 3/16 x 3 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D2419
Provenance
Intermediary
Mrs. Walter Badenach
(1924)
Seller
Unknown
(1925)
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