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Object Number 96-25-70/49437
Display Title Ground stone axe blade
Descriptions
Object Description Ground stone axe blade
Inventory Description Adz blade, ground stone
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 21 x 8 x 3.2 cm (8 1/4 x 3 1/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49437
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz

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Southern Highland?
Stone axe heads and celts, ground and polished, e, f, and g appear to be basalt.
973-11-70/5237F Stone axe heads and celts, ground and polished, e, f, and g appear to be basalt.
Adze
Southern Highland?
Stone axe heads and celts, ground and polished, e, f, and g appear to be basalt.
973-11-70/5237G Stone axe heads and celts, ground and polished, e, f, and g appear to be basalt.
Adze
Southern Highland?
Stone axe heads and celts, ground and polished, e, f, and g appear to be basalt.
973-11-70/5237H Stone axe heads and celts, ground and polished, e, f, and g appear to be basalt.
Adze
Southern Highland?