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Object Number
18-25-70/D935
Display Title
Handle of ceremonial axe
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Adz handle, carved crooked shaft, animal motif finial, reed haft, red bead fring
Classification
- Adze
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Materials
Wood, Reed, Glass, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 57.8 x 22.9 x 2.4 cm (22 3/4 x 9 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D / 935
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-25-70/D934 | Handle of ceremonial axe |
Adze
|
Massim
| |
| 18-25-70/D933 | Ceremonial axe |
Adze
|
Massim
| |
| 18-25-70/D932 | Ceremonial axe |
Adze
|
Massim
| |
| 18-25-70/D930 | Ceremonial axe, upper end of haft restored |
Adze
|
Dufaure Island
| |
| 18-25-70/D931 | Ceremonial axe, upper portion of haft restored |
Adze
|
Massim
| |
| 63-29-70/4109 | Stone adze with red stripe stone, used for calling in ceremonial pig + |
Adze
|
Indonesia
New Guinea | |
| 2004.1.657 | Adz handle, carved wood, burnt surface, fiber and reed bound haft |
Adze
| ||
| 96-25-70/49434 | Axe |
Adze
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 47-73-70/2793 | Stone axe - wooden and basketry handle |
Adze
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 63-29-70/4115 | Wooden adze handle - no stone |
Adze
|
New Guinea
Indonesia | |
| 2004.1.654 | Adz handle, curved carved wood, angled platform, blackened surface, reed haft |
Adze
| ||
| 97-6-70/48383 | Axe, carved |
Adze
|
Trobriand
|