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Stone axe with wooden handle and split cane basketry joining
Stone axe with wooden handle and split cane basketry joining
Object Number 47-72-70/2746
Display Title Stone axe with wooden handle and split cane basketry joining
Descriptions
Inventory Description Axe, carved wood handle, woven basketry haft, chipped ground stone blade, incise
Classification
  • Axe
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Ramu River
Materials Wood, Stone, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 49.2 x 61.4 x 6 cm (19 3/8 x 24 3/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-72-70/2746/ 91/ Stone axe/ Ramu River/ (from F. ####)

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