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Object Number
47-72-70/2750
Display Title
Stone adze
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Adze, carved wood handle, stone blade with rounded edge is attached to adze head with woven and twisted plant fiber, blade is loose
Classification
- Adze
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Finschafen
Materials
Wood , Stone , Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall (Width = length of adze head and blade): 57.5 × 41.5 × 6.6 cm (22 5/8 × 16 5/16 × 2 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
47-72-70/2750; stone adze / Finschafen / from M. Kirschbaum / 72
Provenance
Collector
Cornelius Crane
(1930)
Donor
Donated by
Cornelius Crane
(December 10, 1947)
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