Wooden adze (to'ipua)

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Object Number 99-15-70/53926

Display Title Wooden adze (to'ipua)

Descriptions

Inventory Description Adze, carved wood, cylindrical curved handle, blade perpendicular to handle, tapered and rounded blade

Classification

Adze

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Samoa

Materials Wood

Dimensions Overall: 36.5 × 25.8 × 8.5 cm (14 3/8 × 10 3/16 × 3 3/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 53926

Provenance

Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth

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