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Object Number 00-8-70/55510

Display Title Adze

Descriptions

Inventory Description Adze, carved wood handle, shell blade bound with coconut fiber cordage to head of handle, a group of strands of coconut fiber extend forward from under the cordage wrapping

Classification

Adze

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Marshall Islands / Ralik Chain / Jaluit Atoll

Materials Wood , Shell , Coconut fiber

Dimensions Overall (Width = length of adze head and blade): 42.3 × 28 × 9.3 cm (16 5/8 × 11 × 3 11/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 55510

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
974-52-70/5538	Adze; shell adze with wooden handle.	Adze	Ontong Java
974-52-70/5535	Adze; shell adze with wooden handle.	Adze	Ontong Java
974-52-70/5537	Adze; shell adze with wooden handle.	Adze	Ontong Java
974-52-70/5536	Adze; shell adze with wooden handle.	Adze	Ontong Java
99-12-70/53544	Adze with shell blade	Adze	Palau
09-7-70/74505	Shell bladed adze (tridacna shell)	Adze	Federated States of Micronesia
94-57-70/R2004	Adze with blade of nephrite	Adze	Oceania
00-8-70/55538	Adze with shell blade	Adze	Marshall Islands
85-7-70/37694	Hafted adze	Adze	Honolulu County
985-7-70/5539	Adze	Adze	Nuku Hiva
00-8-70/55726	Adze with bone blade	Adze	Truk Island
00-8-70/55480	Small adze shell blade	Adze	Likiep Atoll

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