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Object Number 00-8-70/55398
Display Title Stone adze blade
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adz blades, chipped and ground stone, one with tapering triangulated shaft
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia / Windward Islands / Tahiti
Additional Geographic Terms Society Islands
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 14.2 x 4 x 4.9 cm (5 9/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 55398
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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