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Object Number
00-8-70/55523
Display Title
Shell adze blade
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Adz blade, shell, white, one end curved and rounded
Classification
- Adze
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Marshall Islands
/
Ratak Chain
/
Wotje Atoll
Materials
Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 10.8 x 3.9 x 1.4 cm (4 1/4 x 1 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55523; Wotje / Jan. 22
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| 00-8-70/55472 | Adze blade (shell) |
Adze
|
Likiep Atoll
| |
| 00-8-70/55521 | Shell adze blade |
Adze
|
Wotje Atoll
| |
| 00-8-70/55522 | Shell adze blade |
Adze
|
Wotje Atoll
| |
| 94-57-70/R1981 | Adze, blade of polished shell; secured to haft with wrappings of strips of cane |
Raw Material
Adze |
Nissan Island
| |
| 00-8-70/55471 | Adze blade (stone) |
Adze
|
Likiep Atoll
| |
| 91-6-70/50648 | Adze with shell blade |
Adze
|
French Polynesia
Vanuatu | |
| 00-8-70/55554 | Shell adze blade |
Adze
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55480 | Small adze shell blade |
Adze
|
Likiep Atoll
| |
| 00-8-70/55763 | Shell adze blade |
Adze
|
Caroline Islands
Ponape Island | |
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Adze
|
Federated States of Micronesia
| |
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Adze
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 47-72-70/2770 | Stone adze with 2-pronged blade (man killer) |
Adze
|
Rano Island
Vanuatu |