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Object Number
00-8-70/55521
Display Title
Shell adze blade
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Adz blade, shell, triangular, rounded at one end
Classification
- Adze
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Marshall Islands
/
Ratak Chain
/
Wotje Atoll
Materials
Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 8.4 x 3.7 x 0.8 cm (3 5/16 x 1 7/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
55521
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00-8-70/55523 | Shell adze blade |
Adze
|
Wotje Atoll
| |
| 00-8-70/55522 | Shell adze blade |
Adze
|
Wotje Atoll
| |
| 00-8-70/55472 | Adze blade (shell) |
Adze
|
Likiep Atoll
| |
| 00-8-70/55554 | Shell adze blade |
Adze
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 91-6-70/50648 | Adze with shell blade |
Adze
|
Vanuatu
French Polynesia | |
| 00-8-70/55480 | Small adze shell blade |
Adze
|
Likiep Atoll
| |
| 00-8-70/55763 | Shell adze blade |
Adze
|
Caroline Islands
Ponape Island | |
| 00-8-70/55464 | Shell adze head |
Adze
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 94-57-70/R1981 | Adze, blade of polished shell; secured to haft with wrappings of strips of cane |
Adze
Raw Material |
Nissan Island
| |
| 00-8-70/55471 | Adze blade (stone) |
Adze
|
Likiep Atoll
| |
| 47-72-70/2770 | Stone adze with 2-pronged blade (man killer) |
Adze
|
Rano Island
Vanuatu | |
| 09-7-70/74505 | Shell bladed adze (tridacna shell) |
Adze
|
Federated States of Micronesia
|