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Object Number
96-25-70/49436
Display Title
Axe blades, ceremonial
Descriptions
Object Description
Axe blades, ceremonial
Inventory Description
Adz, 3 blades, 1 chipped and smooth, other 2 groundstone and broken
Classification
- Adze
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Papua New Guinea
/
<State>
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Murua Island
Additional Geographic Terms
Southeast
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 26 x 13.1 x 4.4 cm (10 1/4 x 5 3/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
49436
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-25-70/D937 | Axe blade, ceremonial |
Adze
|
Massim
| |
| 18-25-70/D938 | Axe blade, ceremonial |
Adze
|
Massim
| |
| 27-56-70/D2882 | Stone axe blades |
Adze
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 27-56-70/D2881 | Stone axe blades |
Adze
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 27-56-70/D2880 | Stone axe blades |
Adze
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 27-56-70/D2883 | Stone axe blades, unfinished |
Adze
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 91-6-70/50549 | Ceremonial or currency axe |
Adze
|
Massim
| |
| 18-25-70/D931 | Ceremonial axe, upper portion of haft restored |
Adze
|
Massim
| |
| 97-6-70/48382 | Ground stone axe blade |
Adze
|
Papua New Guinea
Vanuatu | |
| 18-25-70/D932 | Ceremonial axe |
Adze
|
Massim
| |
| 18-25-70/D930 | Ceremonial axe, upper end of haft restored |
Adze
|
Dufaure Island
| |
| 18-25-70/D933 | Ceremonial axe |
Adze
|
Massim
|