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Object Number
91-6-70/50648
Display Title
Adze with shell blade
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Adz, worked shell blade, ridged topside, chipped, incised crooked wood handle
Classification
- Adze
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Vanuatu
Oceania / France / French Polynesia
Oceania / France / French Polynesia
Materials
Shell, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 17.8 x 7.8 x 4.1 cm (7 x 3 1/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
50648; 50648 91.6.70 / marked tahiti but / prob New Hebrides
Provenance
Seller
A. P. Goodwin
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