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Axe
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> / Wuvulu 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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Axe
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