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Object Number 32-68-70/D4032
Display Title stone hatchet handle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Handle of ax, bent wood , resin at one end
Classification
  • Axe
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Additional Geographic Terms King Edward River
Materials Wood, Resin
Dimensions Overall: 31 x 4 x 4.1 cm (12 3/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D4032
Provenance
Collector Penn Museum (1920)
Seller University of Pennsylvania (4/11/1932-5/9/1932)

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