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Object Number
52-4-70/3555
Display Title
Axe
Descriptions
Object Description
Axe, stone missing, with ornament
Inventory Description
Axe, gray ground stone semilunar blade, carved wood and woven fiber handle
Classification
- Axe
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Chimbu?
- Mount Hagen?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Papua New Guinea
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<County>
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<City>
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Kundiawa
Additional Geographic Terms
Chim River; Wahgi River; Chim, on the; Wahgi, above confluence with
Materials
Stone, Wood, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 54.2 x 48.1 x 5 cm (21 5/16 x 18 15/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
52-4-70/3555
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