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Object Number 48-56-70/3154
Display Title Adze - stone head and wooden handle; haft made with iron tools
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adz. carved wood handle, angled platform, braided fiber binding, stone blade
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Maori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand
Dimensions Overall: 50.3 x 10.5 x 5 cm (19 13/16 x 4 1/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 48-56-70/3154
Provenance
Collector Dr. Harry Clark (1917 - 1948)
Donor Dr. Harry Clark (1917 - 1948)

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