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Object Number 11-54-70/83776
Display Title Adze
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adz, carved wood handle, flat stone blade, glass bead, leaf, plant fiber lashing
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Massim
Additional Geographic Terms Trobriand Islands
Dimensions Overall: 67.2 x 21.3 x 2.3 cm (26 7/16 x 8 3/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 20
Label on object 83776

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