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Object Number
96-25-70/49434
Display Title
Axe
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Adz, burnt crooked wood shaft, reed haft, ground stone worked blade
Classification
- Adze
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
SouthEast
Materials
Wood, Stone, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 66 x 24 x 5 cm (26 x 9 7/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
49434
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-25-70/D932 | Ceremonial axe |
Adze
|
Massim
| |
| 30-61-70/D3674 | Stone axe, hafting |
Adze
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 18-25-70/D935 | Handle of ceremonial axe |
Adze
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 18-25-70/D930 | Ceremonial axe, upper end of haft restored |
Adze
|
Dufaure Island
| |
| 18-25-70/D933 | Ceremonial axe |
Adze
|
Massim
| |
| 91-6-70/50534 | Adze with stone blades |
Adze
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 18-25-70/D942 | Hafted edge |
Adze
|
Massim
| |
| 18-25-70/D940 | Hafted edge |
Adze
|
Massim
| |
| 18-25-70/D934 | Handle of ceremonial axe |
Adze
|
Massim
| |
| 18-25-70/D931 | Ceremonial axe, upper portion of haft restored |
Adze
|
Massim
| |
| 18-20-70/D1167 | Stone adze, string wrapping |
Adze
|
New Britain
| |
| 2004.1.657 | Adz handle, carved wood, burnt surface, fiber and reed bound haft |
Adze
|