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Object Number 99-12-70/53503
Display Title Jade axe blade
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adz blade, ground and polished nephrite, butt end curved, metal mount attached
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand
Dimensions Overall: 30.7 x 10.8 x 3.1 cm (12 1/16 x 4 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53503/ 3/4
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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