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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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