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Adze-axe with reversible blade (to be used as adze or axe)
Adze-axe with reversible blade (to be used as adze or axe)
Object Number 91-6-70/50536
Display Title Adze-axe with reversible blade (to be used as adze or axe)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adze, stone blade inserted into rattan-covered end of a tapered wood piece with is separate from carved wood handle, the blade/wood piece and handle are held together with rattan collar
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Papua New Guinea, Southeast; Girapuno
Materials Wood , Stone , Rattan , Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall (Width = length of blade/wood piece): 65 × 45.5 × 6.3 cm (25 9/16 × 17 15/16 × 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50536
Provenance
Seller A. P. Goodwin

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