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Object Number
04-19-70/63305
Display Title
Axe - biliong
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Axe, flared iron blade attached by rattan to wood shaft, carved cylindrical wooden handle
Classification
- Axe
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Malaysia
/
Borneo
Materials
Iron , Wood , Rattan
Dimensions
Overall (Width = length of blade and axe head): 54 × 23.4 × 3.9 cm (21 1/4 × 9 3/16 × 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
63305
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