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Object Number 18-25-70/D933
Display Title Ceremonial axe
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adz, worked ground stone blade, crooked handle, animal motif finial, reed haft
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Massim
Dimensions Overall: 65.4 x 39.5 x 4.1 cm (25 3/4 x 15 9/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D / 933

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