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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
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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