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Adze
Object Number 09-33-70/75403
Display Title Adze
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adze, carved wood handle, shell blade is hafted into adze head - which has an intentional split - and held in place with rattan wrapping
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Manus Province / Matty Island
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / Wuvulu Island
Materials Wood , Shell Rattan
Dimensions Overall (Width = length of head and blade): 60 × 24.2 × 6.7 cm (23 5/8 × 9 1/2 × 2 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 106763; Matty F.; 75403

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