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Object Number
46-78-70/2393
Display Title
Wooden axe with shell point
Descriptions
Object Description
Wooden axe with shell point
Inventory Description
Azde, angled wood handle, shell blade, twisted fiber bound haft
Classification
- Adze
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Solomon islands
Materials
Wood, Shell, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 42.8 x 13.8 x 4.3 cm (16 7/8 x 5 7/16 x 1 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
46-78-70/2393 / 327
Provenance
Collector
Mr. Ernest T. Jackson
(01/01/1880-01/01/1900)
Donor
Mr. Patrick T. Jackson
(11/27/1946)
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