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Adze (yara) - wooden handle with black stone blade, fitted into hole at wide end
Adze (yara) - wooden handle with black stone blade, fitted into hole at wide end
Object Number 62-7-70/4038
Display Title Adze (yara) - wooden handle with black stone blade, fitted into hole at wide end
Descriptions
Object Description Adze (yara) - wooden handle with black stone blade, fitted into hole at wide end (handle 27", blade 10 1/4")
Inventory Description Adze, tapered wooden handle, rounded, flattened at head, stone blade, flat oval blade, tapered at ends, blade inserted through handle
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Grand Valley of Baliem
Materials Wood , Stone
Dimensions Overall: 70.5 × 23 × 6.8 cm (27 3/4 × 9 1/16 × 2 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 62-7-70/4038

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