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Object Number
67-10-70/242
Display Title
Adze
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Adz, ground stone, angled blade, smoothed, chipped edge
Classification
- Adze
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1795
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 31 x 6.7 x 6.7 cm (12 3/16 x 2 5/8 x 2 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
242/ No. 242/ Hawaiian Islands/ Deposited by Mass. Hist Society
Provenance
Collector
William Hoogs
Donor
Massachusetts Historical Society
(1867)
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