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Stone axe and handle, 29.75 in. h, butt end carved to resemble bird or reptile.
Stone axe and handle, 29.75 in. h, butt end carved to resemble bird or reptile.
Object Number 973-24-70/5357
Display Title Stone axe and handle, 29.75 in. h, butt end carved to resemble bird or reptile.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ax, carved wood handle, tapered, curvilinear incised designs, zoomorphic figure at end of handle, flat and smooth triangular stone inserted at upper end of handle
Classification
  • Axe
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Asmat
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia / Western New Guinea / Irian Jaya / New Guinea
Materials Wood , Stone
Dimensions Overall: 76 × 22 × 5 cm (29 15/16 × 8 11/16 × 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 973-24-70/5357a ; 973-24-70/5357b
Provenance
Donor Donated by Estate of Eliot Elisofon

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