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Small polished stone adze
Small polished stone adze
Object Number 40-12-70/1936
Display Title Small polished stone adze
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adze, polished, triangular, tapered rounded butt, straight blade
Classification
  • Adze
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Sepik River, North of, Wan Area
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 5.2 x 3.5 x 1.4 cm (2 1/16 x 1 3/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-12-70/1936; WAM/ 237

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