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Object Number
94-57-70/R2006
Display Title
Ceremonial nephrite blade
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Club, carved nephrite, paddle shaped, knobbed handle with perforation, striated
Classification
- Club
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Maori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Zealand
Materials
Nephrite
Dimensions
Overall: 37.6 x 16.3 x 2.9 cm (14 13/16 x 6 7/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
R/ 2006
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Club
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New Caledonia
| |
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Adze
|
New Zealand
| |
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Adze
|
New Zealand
| |
| 93-1-10/49948 | Nephrite reamer |
Drill
|
Alaska
| |
| 94-57-10/R58 | Flint flaker, nephrite |
Tools
|
North Slope Burough
| |
| 41-72-40/5661 | Nephrite chisel |
Edged Tools
|
Switzerland
| |
| 94-57-10/R42 | Scraper. Ivory handle, nephrite blade. Blade edge curved, sharp. |
Scraper
|
Point Barrow
| |
| 94-57-10/R43 | Scraper. Handle of wood, blade of nephrite. Entire piece smoothly ground. |
Adze
|
Alaska
| |
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Adze
|
Point Barrow
| |
| 94-57-70/R2004 | Adze with blade of nephrite |
Adze
|
Oceania
| |
| 94-57-10/R102 | Mouth piece for bow drill, wood and nephrite. Mouthpiece is crescent-shaped. |
Woodworking
|
Point Barrow
| |
| 56-9-20/19743 | String of nephrite and shell beads with 5 pendant nephrite beads in shape of hea |
Bead
|
Yucatan
|