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Object Number 67-9-70/81
Display Title Stone adze
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adze blade, stone, flat rectangular base, triangular prism shape, curved and tapered protrusion at end
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia
Additional Geographic Terms Society Islands
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 5.9 × 22.2 × 5.8 cm (2 5/16 × 8 3/4 × 2 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 81.

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