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Object Number 48-56-70/3099
Display Title Stone adze head
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adz blade, chipped and ground stone, slightly curving
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Vanuatu
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 13.4 x 5.2 x 2.6 cm (5 1/4 x 2 1/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48-56-70/3099/ 58
Provenance
Collector Dr. Harry Clark (1917 - 1948)

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