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Object Number 18-25-70/D931
Display Title Ceremonial axe, upper portion of haft restored
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adz, ground stone blade, chipped, separated from crook shaft, reed haft
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Massim
Dimensions Overall: 69.4 x 3.7 x 40.3 cm (27 5/16 x 1 7/16 x 15 7/8 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object D-931; D / 931

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