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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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