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Object Number 08-8-70/72894
Display Title Stone bladed adze
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adze, stone blade attached with braided plant fiber over cloth to carved wood handle
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji
Dimensions Overall: 31 × 23 × 6.9 cm (12 3/16 × 9 1/16 × 2 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 72894

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