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Object Number
00-8-70/55290
Display Title
Bread fruit axe
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ax, carved wood, cylindrical shaft, bent tip, horizontal, tapered wood blade
Classification
- Axe
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Fiji
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 35 x 17.5 x 12.5 cm (13 3/4 x 6 7/8 x 4 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55290
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(1899-1900)
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1899-1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(1899-1900)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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