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Stone adze - haft made with iron tool
Stone adze - haft made with iron tool
Object Number 48-56-70/3155
Display Title Stone adze - haft made with iron tool
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adze, carved wood handle - cylindrical, stone blade wrapped to adze head with plant fiber cordage, blade is loose
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Maori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand
Materials Wood , Stone , Plant fiber cordage
Dimensions Overall (Width = length of adze head and blade): 44.9 × 27.5 × 5.3 cm (17 11/16 × 10 13/16 × 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48-56-70/3155; 95
Provenance
Collector Dr. Harry Clark (1917 - 1948)
Donor Dr. Harry Clark (1917 - 1948)

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