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Object Number 94-36-70/52208
Display Title Hafted stone implement, axe or mawl
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ax, cylindrical wood handle inserted into oval stone head
Classification
  • Axe
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Materials Wood, Stone
Dimensions Overall: 32.5 x 8.7 x 5.5 cm (12 13/16 x 3 7/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52208
Provenance
Collector Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
Donor Donated by Estate of Mary T. Hemenway (1894)

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