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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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 974-52-70/5535 | Adze; shell adze with wooden handle. |
Adze
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Ontong Java
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| 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
| |
| 974-52-70/5538 | 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
| |
| 85-7-70/37694 | Hafted adze |
Adze
|
Honolulu County
| |
| 00-8-70/55538 | Adze with shell blade |
Adze
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 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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