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Object Number
00-8-70/55538
Display Title
Adze with shell blade
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Adze, carved wood handle, plant fiber cordage wrapped around shell blade
Classification
- Adze
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Marshall Islands
Materials
Wood , Shell , Plant fiber cordage
Dimensions
Overall (Width is measurement of adze head and blade): 45.5 × 19 × 4.4 cm (17 15/16 × 7 1/2 × 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55538
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