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Object Number 47-73-70/2878
Display Title Large stone axes
Descriptions
Object Description Large stone axes
Inventory Description Axe blade, ground stone blade, rectangular, flat, flared and rounded one end, tapered both ends
Classification
  • Axe
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 19.5 × 8 × 2.7 cm (7 11/16 × 3 1/8 × 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-73-70/2878

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