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Object Number 47-54-70/2583
Display Title Stone adze
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adze head, ground stone, rectangular, flat, flared and tapered one end
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Moriori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand / Chatham Island
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 6.3 × 3.4 × 1.2 cm (2 1/2 × 1 5/16 × 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-54-70/2583 ; D 17 ; Chatham Isd

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