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Object Number 05-2-70/64856
Display Title Stone celt
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adz, ground stone, flat one side, other side 3 faceted, sharp worked blade
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1904
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Chile / Rapa Nui
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 11.8 x 4.5 x 2.1 cm (4 5/8 x 1 3/4 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64856
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1904-1905)
Expedition Albatross Expedition (1904-1905)
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (04/1905)

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