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Object Number 27-5-70/D3013
Display Title Adze blade
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adz blade, carved bone, rectangular, curved, perforated at one end, chipped
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Federated States of Micronesia
Additional Geographic Terms Caroline Islands
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 25.2 x 10 x 1.2 cm (9 15/16 x 3 15/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D / 3013.

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