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Adze
Object Number 04-19-70/63306
Display Title Adze
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adze, wood stem inserted into carved wood handle with carved design at end, T-shaped iron blade has curving flanges and is attached with rattan wrapping to adze head
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Additional Geographic Terms Medadalam River
Materials Wood , Iron , Rattan , Resin
Dimensions Overall: 51.5 × 16 × 7.9 cm (20 1/4 × 6 5/16 × 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 63306

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