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Object Number
47-72-70/2770
Display Title
Stone adze with 2-pronged blade (man killer)
Descriptions
Object Description
Stone adze with 2-pronged blade (man killer). See Authorities for more info.
Inventory Description
Adz, carved wood shaft with 2 faces, pronged top, forked shell blade, binding
Classification
- Adze
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Vanuatu
Oceania / Vanuatu / <State> / Rano Island
Oceania / Vanuatu / <State> / Rano Island
Materials
Wood, Shell, Vegetable fiber, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 65 x 31.5 x 7 cm (25 9/16 x 12 3/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
47-72-70/2770
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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 47-72-70/2772 | Ceremonial adze |
Adze
|
Vanuatu
Rano Island | |
| 98-8-70/51757 | Adze with stone blade |
Adze
|
Fiji
| |
| 62-7-70/4031 | Adze (yara) - wooden handle with black stone blade, raffia wrapped around base o |
Adze
|
Irian Jaya
| |
| 62-7-70/4023 | Adze (yara) - wooden handle with black stone blade, raffia wrapped around base o |
Adze
|
Indonesia
New Guinea | |
| 62-7-70/4021 | Adze (yara) - wooden handle with black stone blade, raffia wrapped around base o |
Adze
|
New Guinea
Indonesia | |
| 91-6-70/50534 | Adze with stone blades |
Adze
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 30-54-70/D3487 | 2-pronged fighting spear |
Spear
|
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land | |
| 82-20-70/26479 | Stone adze, mounted in handle |
Adze
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 47-72-70/2687 | Stone adze |
Adze
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 58-34-20/50425 | Effigy prong from 2-pronged incensario, L. Charcas Phase |
Kaminaljuyu
| ||
| 58-34-20/50424 | Effigy prong from 2-pronged incensario, L. Charcas Phase |
Kaminaljuyu
| ||
| 30-54-70/D3486 | 2-pronged fish spear |
Spear
|
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land |