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Object Number
48-51-70/2950
Display Title
Axe or adze head from the giant tridacna shell
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Adz? blade, shell, tapered, pitted
Classification
- Adze
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Federated States of Micronesia
/
<State>
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Yap Islands
Additional Geographic Terms
Caroline Islands
Materials
Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 21.9 x 11 x 3.6 cm (8 5/8 x 4 5/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
48-51-70/2950
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09-7-70/74505 | Shell bladed adze (tridacna shell) |
Adze
|
Federated States of Micronesia
| |
| 48-51-70/2951 | Small axe of tridacna shell head hafted into iron wood handle |
Axe
|
Yap Islands
| |
| 48-51-70/2948 | Shell of tridacna used as spoon and pestle by old men who crush betel + |
Pestle
|
Yap Islands
| |
| 36-105-70/381 | Adze head made from the lip of a cassia or helmet shell |
Adze
|
New Guinea
| |
| 00-8-70/55510 | Adze |
Adze
|
Jaluit Atoll
| |
| 00-8-70/55464 | Shell adze head |
Adze
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 2004.29.23595 | Slab of Tridacna (shell) with fretwork |
Vella lavella island
| ||
| 91-6-70/50648 | Adze with shell blade |
Adze
|
Vanuatu
French Polynesia | |
| 00-8-70/55523 | Shell adze blade |
Adze
|
Wotje Atoll
| |
| 00-8-70/55522 | Shell adze blade |
Adze
|
Wotje Atoll
| |
| 00-8-70/55521 | Shell adze blade |
Adze
|
Wotje Atoll
| |
| 00-8-70/55554 | Shell adze blade |
Adze
|
Marshall Islands
|