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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
Materials
Nephrite, Metal
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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