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Object Number
09-33-70/75401
Display Title
Axe
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Axe, wood shaft perforated with haft, fiber bound, mended white shell blade
Classification
- Axe
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
/
<State>
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Wuvulu Island
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Manus Province / Matty Island
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Manus Province / Matty Island
Materials
Wood, Shell, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 69 x 39.8 x 4.9 cm (27 3/16 x 15 11/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
75401/ 106764.
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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 09-33-70/75402 | Axe |
Axe
|
Matty Island
Wuvulu Island | |
| 2004.1.307 | Haft for axe, handle and blade missing, wrapped in fiber |
Axe
|
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| |
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|
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| |
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| |
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Axe
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 2004.1.308 | Axe haft, blade and handle missing |
Axe
|
Oceania
| |
| 52-4-70/3555 | Axe |
Axe
|
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| |
| 973-11-70/5239 | Ax used for chopping trees; also for injuring women, handle 16 1. wood. Tightly |
Axe
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
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|
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| |
| 973-11-70/5238 | Ax with stone-head for "chopping trees." also used for injuring women. Donor sa |
Axe
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 2003.1.1046 | Chipped stone axe head(?), rounded blade, vegetable fiber covered stem |
Axe
|
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| |
| 976-31-70/5474 | Wood axe with stone blade, axe: 65 cm l.; blade: 17 x 6 cm. |
Axe
|
Papua New Guinea
|