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Stone adze
Object Number 63-29-70/4112
Display Title Stone adze
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adz, angled wood handle, reed and braided fiber haft, ground stone blade
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Grand Valley of the Baliem River; Kutelu Area
Materials Wood, Reed, Vegetable fiber, Stone
Dimensions Overall: 52 x 32 x 5.7 cm (20 1/2 x 12 5/8 x 2 1/4 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 63-29-70/4112

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