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Axe
Object Number 72-21-70/6391
Display Title Axe
Descriptions
Object Description Axe
Inventory Description Ax, stone head, secured with bent wood handle, tied with fiber
Classification
  • Axe
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory / Arnhem Land
Materials Stone, Wood, Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 40.5 x 8.3 x 4.3 cm (15 15/16 x 3 1/4 x 1 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 6391
Provenance
Collector Giustiniano Nicolucci (1839-1872 - 1872)
Donor Col. Theodore Lyman (1872 - 1872)

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