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Adze - hard blue stone (jaka)
Object Number 64-18-70/4528
Display Title Adze - hard blue stone (jaka)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden handle, L-shaped, upper portion of handle wrapped in plant fiber and cane, flat triangular stone inserted loosely at end
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Oceania / Indonesia
Additional Geographic Terms Grand Valley of the Baliem River; Kutelu Area
Materials Stone , Cane , Plant fiber , Wood
Dimensions Overall: 54.8 × 29.7 × 5.8 cm (21 9/16 × 11 11/16 × 2 5/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 64-18-70/4528

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