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Large wooden adze with carved handle and stone head
Large wooden adze with carved handle and stone head
Object Number 39-17-70/1453
Display Title Large wooden adze with carved handle and stone head
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adze blade, speckled green stone, smooth, tear drop shaped, flared and tapered at one end, tapered and rounded at other end
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Hollandia, From interior behind; Australian New Guinea, border of
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 15.7 × 5.8 × 3.1 cm (6 3/16 × 2 5/16 × 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-17-70/1453

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