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Adze with stone blade
Object Number 98-8-70/51757
Display Title Adze with stone blade
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adz, worked stone blade inset in crooked wood shaft, braided fiber binding
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji
Materials Wood, Stone, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 37.8 x 17.7 x 6.4 cm (14 7/8 x 6 15/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51757
Provenance
Collector Donated by Alexander Agassiz
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz

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