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Object Number 00-8-70/55472
Display Title Adze blade (shell)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adz blade, shell, curved, one end broken
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Marshall Islands / Ratak Chain / Likiep Atoll
Materials Shell
Dimensions Overall: 7.6 x 4.7 x 1.2 cm (3 x 1 7/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55472; Liekieb / M I / Jon## / 9#0
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (01/19/1900)
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (01/19/1900)
Collector U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition (01/19/1900)
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (1900)

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